Re: [PATCH] drm/vc4: hvs/v3d: Fix null dereference in unbind

From: Gregor Herburger

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 09:47:32 EST


On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 09:28:51AM -0300, Maíra Canal wrote:
> Hi Gregor,
>
> On 20/07/26 14:20, Gregor Herburger wrote:
> > The hvs and v3d drivers use dev_get_drvdata(master) in their unbind
> > functions. Since the vc4-drm gets removed before its dependent drivers
> > (vc4_hvs/vc4_v3d) the vc4_hvs_unbind/vc4_v3d_unbind functions try to
> > get drvdata of its master and fails with a null dereference error.
> >
> > Use the data pointer passed to the unbind functions directly instead of
> > dev_get_drvdata(master). This avoids using potentially freed memory.
> >
>
> Shouldn't this patch have a "Fixes:" tag?
Right, will send a v2 with Fixes tags.
>
> Best regards,
> - Maíra
>
> > Signed-off-by: Gregor Herburger <gregor.herburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hvs.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_v3d.c | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hvs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hvs.c
> > index 184d51ea3fa5..e715147d091c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hvs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hvs.c
> > @@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ static int vc4_hvs_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
> > static void vc4_hvs_unbind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
> > void *data)
> > {
> > - struct drm_device *drm = dev_get_drvdata(master);
> > + struct drm_device *drm = data;
> > struct vc4_dev *vc4 = to_vc4_dev(drm);
> > struct vc4_hvs *hvs = vc4->hvs;
> > struct drm_mm_node *node, *next;
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_v3d.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_v3d.c
> > index d31b906cb8e7..f32410420d3e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_v3d.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_v3d.c
> > @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static int vc4_v3d_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
> > static void vc4_v3d_unbind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
> > void *data)
> > {
> > - struct drm_device *drm = dev_get_drvdata(master);
> > + struct drm_device *drm = data;
> > struct vc4_dev *vc4 = to_vc4_dev(drm);
> > vc4_irq_uninstall(drm);
> >
> > ---
> > base-commit: 58717b2a1365d06c8c64b72aa948541b53fe31eb
> > change-id: 20260715-rpi-vc4-fix-d93513b05425
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Gregor Herburger <gregor.herburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>

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