Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915: Guard against NULL driver_data in i915_pci_probe()

[Jani Nikula]

On Sun, 30 Aug 2026, Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM Deepanshu Kartikey
> <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> pci_match_device() can return the dummy pci_device_id_any entry
>> when a device is force-bound via sysfs driver_override, in which
>> case ->driver_data is unset (NULL). i915_pci_probe() casts it to
>> struct intel_device_info * unconditionally and dereferences
>> intel_info->require_force_probe, causing a NULL-ptr-deref.
>>
>> Reported-by: syzbot+db96c5ff032f4292a8dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=db96c5ff032f4292a8dc
>> Tested-by: syzbot+db96c5ff032f4292a8dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2: Drop Fixes tag, this isn't a regression from a single commit -
>>     the unconditional dereference of ->driver_data has always assumed
>>     it points into a MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()-backed entry, an assumption
>>     broken by the generic driver_override fallback path, not by any
>>     i915-specific change. Add Cc: stable instead. (Krzysztof, Jani)
>> ---
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
>> index 82415af47d54..2f03f95945f1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
>> @@ -958,6 +958,9 @@ static int i915_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>>                 (struct intel_device_info *) ent->driver_data;
>>         int err;
>>
>> +       if (!intel_info)
>> +               return -ENODEV;
>> +
>>         if (intel_info->require_force_probe && !id_forced(pdev->device)) {
>>                 dev_info(&pdev->dev,
>>                          "Your graphics device %04x is not properly supported by i915 in this\n"
>> --
>> 2.43.0
>>
>
> Gente Reminder. Let me know the status of this patch .

Sorry about the delay. Thanks for the patch, pushed to drm-intel-next.

BR,
Jani.

>
> Thanks
>
> Deepanshu

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Jani Nikula, Intel