[PATCH 2/2] drm/nouveau: prevent NULL deref of gr in GETPARAM_GRAPH_UNITS
From: Zhenhao Wan
Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 11:13:54 EST
nouveau_abi16_ioctl_getparam() fetches the graphics engine with
gr = nvxx_gr(drm) (i.e. drm->nvkm->gr) and, for the
NOUVEAU_GETPARAM_GRAPH_UNITS parameter, passes it straight to
nvkm_gr_units(), which dereferences gr->func with no NULL check.
When graphics-engine construction returns -ENODEV, NVKM treats it as an
optional absent engine: the NVKM_LAYOUT_ONCE device constructor deletes
the subdevice, leaves device->gr == NULL and continues probing, and
Nouveau still registers a render node. An unprivileged client holding a
/dev/dri/renderD* fd can then issue DRM_IOCTL_NOUVEAU_GETPARAM with
NOUVEAU_GETPARAM_GRAPH_UNITS and oops the kernel on the NULL gr.
Report 0 units when gr is absent. This matches nvkm_gr_units() itself,
which already returns 0 when the engine exposes no units callback.
Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Zhenhao Wan <whi4ed0g@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.c
index 291203121f0c..dd3f8d386377 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_abi16.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ nouveau_abi16_ioctl_getparam(ABI16_IOCTL_ARGS)
getparam->value = 1;
break;
case NOUVEAU_GETPARAM_GRAPH_UNITS:
- getparam->value = nvkm_gr_units(gr);
+ getparam->value = gr ? nvkm_gr_units(gr) : 0;
break;
case NOUVEAU_GETPARAM_EXEC_PUSH_MAX: {
int ib_max = getparam_dma_ib_max(device);
--
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