Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: Annul dmabuf->file on file release

[Alex Mastro]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2026 at 08:15:26PM +0100, Matt Evans wrote:
>  static int dma_buf_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  {
> +	struct dma_buf *dmabuf = file->private_data;

I think dmabuf can be NULL here if the dmabuf allocation fails during
dma_buf_export().

> +
>  	if (!is_dma_buf_file(file))
>  		return -EINVAL;
> -	__dma_buf_list_del(file->private_data);
> +	__dma_buf_list_del(dmabuf);
> +	/* Must be observed by __get_file_rcu() before file_free() */
> +	smp_store_mb(dmabuf->file, NULL);

Resulting in NULL deref here -- guard with null check?

>  	return 0;
>  }

via this path

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index d504c636dc29..557cd7a4c971 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(const struct dma_buf_export_info *exp_info)
 	if (!try_module_get(exp_info->owner))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
+	// succeeds
 	file = dma_buf_getfile(exp_info->size, exp_info->flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(file);
@@ -739,6 +740,7 @@ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(const struct dma_buf_export_info *exp_info)
 	dmabuf = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dmabuf) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		// go here
 		goto err_file;
 	}
 
@@ -771,6 +773,7 @@ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(const struct dma_buf_export_info *exp_info)
 	return dmabuf;
 
 err_file:
+	// ends up calling dma_buf_file_release()
 	fput(file);
 err_module:
 	module_put(exp_info->owner);