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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] fbdev: Make fb_release() return -ENODEV if fbdev was unregistered
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Am 02.05.22 um 15:09 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> A reference to the framebuffer device struct fb_info is stored in the file
> private data, but this reference could no longer be valid and must not be
> accessed directly. Instead, the file_fb_info() accessor function must be
> used since it does sanity checking to make sure that the fb_info is valid.
>
> This can happen for example if the fbdev driver was one that is using a
> framebuffer provided by the system firmware. In that case, the fbdev core
> could unregister the framebuffer device if a real video driver is probed.
>
> Reported-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

This seems like the correct thing to do in any case. Thanks for the
patch. Before merging, you should also add

Fixes: 27599aacbaef ("fbdev: Hot-unplug firmware fb devices on forced
removal")
Reported-by: Junxiao Chang <junxiao.chang@intel.com>

Best regards
Thomas

> ---
>
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> index 20d8929df79f..d68097105f93 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> @@ -1439,7 +1439,10 @@ fb_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> __acquires(&info->lock)
> __releases(&info->lock)
> {
> - struct fb_info * const info = file->private_data;
> + struct fb_info * const info = file_fb_info(file);
> +
> + if (!info)
> + return -ENODEV;
>
> lock_fb_info(info);
> if (info->fbops->fb_release)

--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev
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