[PATCH v1 1/2] drm/sched: cache the timeline name to fix a use-after-free

[Jonghyuk Kim(MalHyuk)]

drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name() returns fence->sched->name, and the
drm_sched_fence ops keep a .release callback, so the fence is not
ops-detached on signalling (dma_fence_signal_timestamp_locked() only
clears ->ops for fences without .release/.wait). The callback therefore
stays reachable on a long-signalled, userspace-held finished fence and
unconditionally dereferences fence->sched.

A driver that allocates a drm_gpu_scheduler at per-context/per-queue/
per-VM granularity and frees it on an unprivileged context/fd close, while
exporting the resulting finished fence to userspace (drm_syncobj /
sync_file / dma_resv), leaves fence->sched dangling after the free. A
subsequent SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO ioctl (which calls get_timeline_name())
then reads the freed scheduler:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name

This is the same class as CVE-2025-38703 (drm/xe) and CVE-2025-71302
(drm/panthor), which were fixed per-driver. amdxdna, nouveau and msm
(VM_BIND) are still affected in mainline, so fix it in the core to cover
any per-context-scheduler driver at once.

Scheduler names are persistent strings (string literals passed to
drm_sched_init()), so cache the name pointer in the fence at init time,
while the scheduler is guaranteed alive, and return the cached value from
get_timeline_name() without dereferencing fence->sched.

Signed-off-by: Jonghyuk Kim(MalHyuk) <malhyuk97@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h             | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
index 85ee3d694dc9..280a2d036ffd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_fence.c
@@ -92,7 +92,13 @@ static const char *drm_sched_fence_get_driver_name(struct dma_fence *fence)
 static const char *drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name(struct dma_fence *f)
 {
 	struct drm_sched_fence *fence = to_drm_sched_fence(f);
-	return (const char *)fence->sched->name;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do not dereference fence->sched here: a userspace-held finished
+	 * fence can outlive a per-context scheduler. Return the name cached
+	 * in drm_sched_fence_init() instead.
+	 */
+	return fence->sched_name;
 }
 
 static void drm_sched_fence_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
@@ -228,6 +234,14 @@ void drm_sched_fence_init(struct drm_sched_fence *fence,
 	unsigned seq;
 
 	fence->sched = container_of(entity->rq, typeof(*fence->sched), rq);
+	/*
+	 * Cache the scheduler's timeline name: the finished fence may be
+	 * exported to userspace and outlive @sched (per-context schedulers
+	 * are freed on context teardown), so get_timeline_name() must not
+	 * dereference @sched. Scheduler names are persistent (string
+	 * literals passed to drm_sched_init()).
+	 */
+	fence->sched_name = fence->sched->name;
 	seq = atomic_inc_return(&entity->fence_seq);
 	dma_fence_init(&fence->scheduled, &drm_sched_fence_ops_scheduled,
 		       &fence->lock, entity->fence_context, seq);
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index d61c19e78182..4f780d70acb6 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -305,6 +305,17 @@ struct drm_sched_fence {
          * belongs to.
          */
 	struct drm_gpu_scheduler	*sched;
+	/**
+	 * @sched_name: the timeline name of @sched, cached at init time.
+	 *
+	 * &drm_sched_fence.finished may be exported to userspace (via a
+	 * sync_file or drm_syncobj) and can outlive @sched: a driver using a
+	 * per-context scheduler frees it on context teardown while a
+	 * userspace-held finished fence still references it. The
+	 * get_timeline_name() callback must therefore not dereference @sched;
+	 * it returns this cached name instead.
+	 */
+	const char			*sched_name;
         /**
          * @lock: the lock used by the scheduled and the finished fences.
          */
-- 
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