[PATCH V1] accel/amdxdna: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in context cleanup

From: Lizhi Hou

Date: Wed Dec 10 2025 - 23:57:07 EST


aie_destroy_context() is invoked during error handling in
aie2_create_context(). However, aie_destroy_context() assumes that the
context's mailbox channel pointer is non-NULL. If mailbox channel
creation fails, the pointer remains NULL and calling aie_destroy_context()
can lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

In aie2_create_context(), replace aie_destroy_context() with a function
which request firmware to remove the context created previously.

Fixes: be462c97b7df ("accel/amdxdna: Add hardware context")
Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c | 52 +++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c
index 03b75757a6e6..980aef9dc51a 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c
@@ -192,6 +192,19 @@ int aie2_query_firmware_version(struct amdxdna_dev_hdl *ndev,
return 0;
}

+static int aie2_destroy_context_req(struct amdxdna_dev_hdl *ndev, u32 id)
+{
+ DECLARE_AIE2_MSG(destroy_ctx, MSG_OP_DESTROY_CONTEXT);
+ struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = ndev->xdna;
+ int ret;
+
+ req.context_id = id;
+ ret = aie2_send_mgmt_msg_wait(ndev, &msg);
+ if (ret)
+ XDNA_WARN(xdna, "Destroy context failed, ret %d", ret);
+
+ return ret;
+}
int aie2_create_context(struct amdxdna_dev_hdl *ndev, struct amdxdna_hwctx *hwctx)
{
DECLARE_AIE2_MSG(create_ctx, MSG_OP_CREATE_CONTEXT);
@@ -214,13 +227,16 @@ int aie2_create_context(struct amdxdna_dev_hdl *ndev, struct amdxdna_hwctx *hwct
return ret;

hwctx->fw_ctx_id = resp.context_id;
- WARN_ONCE(hwctx->fw_ctx_id == -1, "Unexpected context id");
+ if (hwctx->fw_ctx_id == -1) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE("Unexpected context id");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }

if (ndev->force_preempt_enabled) {
ret = aie2_runtime_cfg(ndev, AIE2_RT_CFG_FORCE_PREEMPT, &hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
if (ret) {
XDNA_ERR(xdna, "failed to enable force preempt %d", ret);
- return ret;
+ goto del_ctx_req;
}
}

@@ -237,51 +253,39 @@ int aie2_create_context(struct amdxdna_dev_hdl *ndev, struct amdxdna_hwctx *hwct

ret = pci_irq_vector(to_pci_dev(xdna->ddev.dev), resp.msix_id);
if (ret == -EINVAL) {
- XDNA_ERR(xdna, "not able to create channel");
- goto out_destroy_context;
+ XDNA_ERR(xdna, "Alloc IRQ failed %d", ret);
+ goto del_ctx_req;
}

intr_reg = i2x.mb_head_ptr_reg + 4;
hwctx->priv->mbox_chann = xdna_mailbox_create_channel(ndev->mbox, &x2i, &i2x,
intr_reg, ret);
if (!hwctx->priv->mbox_chann) {
- XDNA_ERR(xdna, "not able to create channel");
+ XDNA_ERR(xdna, "Not able to create channel");
ret = -EINVAL;
- goto out_destroy_context;
+ goto del_ctx_req;
}
ndev->hwctx_num++;

- XDNA_DBG(xdna, "%s mailbox channel irq: %d, msix_id: %d",
- hwctx->name, ret, resp.msix_id);
- XDNA_DBG(xdna, "%s created fw ctx %d pasid %d", hwctx->name,
- hwctx->fw_ctx_id, hwctx->client->pasid);
+ XDNA_DBG(xdna, "Mailbox channel irq: %d, msix_id: %d", ret, resp.msix_id);
+ XDNA_DBG(xdna, "Created fw ctx %d pasid %d", hwctx->fw_ctx_id, hwctx->client->pasid);

return 0;

-out_destroy_context:
- aie2_destroy_context(ndev, hwctx);
+del_ctx_req:
+ aie2_destroy_context_req(ndev, hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
return ret;
}

int aie2_destroy_context(struct amdxdna_dev_hdl *ndev, struct amdxdna_hwctx *hwctx)
{
- DECLARE_AIE2_MSG(destroy_ctx, MSG_OP_DESTROY_CONTEXT);
struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = ndev->xdna;
int ret;

- if (hwctx->fw_ctx_id == -1)
- return 0;
-
xdna_mailbox_stop_channel(hwctx->priv->mbox_chann);
-
- req.context_id = hwctx->fw_ctx_id;
- ret = aie2_send_mgmt_msg_wait(ndev, &msg);
- if (ret)
- XDNA_WARN(xdna, "%s destroy context failed, ret %d", hwctx->name, ret);
-
+ ret = aie2_destroy_context_req(ndev, hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
xdna_mailbox_destroy_channel(hwctx->priv->mbox_chann);
- XDNA_DBG(xdna, "%s destroyed fw ctx %d", hwctx->name,
- hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
+ XDNA_DBG(xdna, "Destroyed fw ctx %d", hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
hwctx->priv->mbox_chann = NULL;
hwctx->fw_ctx_id = -1;
ndev->hwctx_num--;
--
2.34.1