[PATCH v2] drm/msm/adreno: fix userspace-triggered crash on a2xx-a4xx

From: Dmitry Baryshkov

Date: Mon Apr 06 2026 - 23:24:10 EST


Before a5xx Adreno driver will not try fetching UBWC params (because
those generations didn't support UBWC anyway), however it's still
possible to query UBWC-related params from the userspace, triggering
possible NULL pointer dereference. Check for UBWC config in
adreno_get_param() and return sane defaults if there is none.

Fixes: a452510aad53 ("drm/msm/adreno: Switch to the common UBWC config struct")
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Changed adreno_get_param() return -ENOENT for affected params (Rob)
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260407-adreno-fix-ubwc-v1-1-bb2b09450b87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index d5fe6f6f0dec..34e4ab43b0f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -426,15 +426,21 @@ int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_context *ctx,
*value = vm->mm_range;
return 0;
case MSM_PARAM_HIGHEST_BANK_BIT:
+ if (!adreno_gpu->ubwc_config)
+ return -ENOENT;
*value = adreno_gpu->ubwc_config->highest_bank_bit;
return 0;
case MSM_PARAM_RAYTRACING:
*value = adreno_gpu->has_ray_tracing;
return 0;
case MSM_PARAM_UBWC_SWIZZLE:
+ if (!adreno_gpu->ubwc_config)
+ return -ENOENT;
*value = adreno_gpu->ubwc_config->ubwc_swizzle;
return 0;
case MSM_PARAM_MACROTILE_MODE:
+ if (!adreno_gpu->ubwc_config)
+ return -ENOENT;
*value = adreno_gpu->ubwc_config->macrotile_mode;
return 0;
case MSM_PARAM_UCHE_TRAP_BASE:

---
base-commit: 36ece9697e89016181e5ae87510e40fb31d86f2b
change-id: 20260407-adreno-fix-ubwc-6a2564710e21

Best regards,
--
With best wishes
Dmitry