[PATCH V1] accel/amdxdna: Fix use-after-free of mm_struct in job scheduler

From: Lizhi Hou

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 11:14:05 EST


amdxdna_cmd_submit() stores current->mm in job->mm without holding any
reference. aie2_sched_job_run() later access job->mm from the DRM
scheduler worker thread. With only a raw pointer and no structural
reference, the mm_struct can be freed before the scheduler runs the job.

Fix this by calling mmgrab() to hold a structural mm_count reference for
the lifetime of the job, paired with mmdrop() in every cleanup path.

Fixes: aac243092b70 ("accel/amdxdna: Add command execution")
Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c
index bdbd3db12a6c..31a414c3f0d9 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_ctx.c
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ void amdxdna_sched_job_cleanup(struct amdxdna_sched_job *job)
amdxdna_arg_bos_put(job);
amdxdna_gem_put_obj(job->cmd_bo);
dma_fence_put(job->fence);
+ mmdrop(job->mm);
}

int amdxdna_cmd_submit(struct amdxdna_client *client,
@@ -642,6 +643,7 @@ int amdxdna_cmd_submit(struct amdxdna_client *client,

job->hwctx = hwctx;
job->mm = current->mm;
+ mmgrab(job->mm);

job->fence = amdxdna_fence_create(hwctx);
if (!job->fence) {
@@ -676,6 +678,8 @@ int amdxdna_cmd_submit(struct amdxdna_client *client,
cmd_put:
amdxdna_gem_put_obj(job->cmd_bo);
free_job:
+ if (job->mm)
+ mmdrop(job->mm);
kfree(job);
return ret;
}
--
2.34.1