[PATCH v7 4/4] selftests: dmabuf-heaps: add fd-leak-on-EFAULT regression test

From: Baineng Shou

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 01:08:04 EST


Add a test case that verifies no file descriptor is leaked when
DMA_HEAP_IOCTL_ALLOC succeeds internally but copy_to_user() fails
to deliver the fd number back to userspace.

The failure is triggered by placing the ioctl argument in a private
anonymous page and flipping it to PROT_READ (via mprotect) between
the kernel's copy_from_user() and copy_to_user() calls. With the
buggy kernel the ioctl returns -EFAULT but leaves an extra open fd
in the process's fd table; with the fixed kernel the fd count is
unchanged.

This serves as a regression test for:
"dma-buf: dma-heap: don't publish fd before copy_to_user() succeeds"

Suggested-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Baineng Shou <shoubaineng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/dmabuf-heaps/dmabuf-heap.c | 113 +++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 112 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps/dmabuf-heap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps/dmabuf-heap.c
index fc9694fc4e89..1d49df671919 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps/dmabuf-heap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps/dmabuf-heap.c
@@ -390,6 +390,116 @@ static void test_alloc_errors(char *heap_name)
close(heap_fd);
}

+/*
+ * count_open_fds - return the number of open file descriptors.
+ *
+ * The fd opened by opendir() itself is counted, but since it is opened
+ * and closed within each call, it cancels out when comparing two counts.
+ * Returns -1 on error.
+ */
+static int count_open_fds(void)
+{
+ DIR *d = opendir("/proc/self/fd");
+ struct dirent *de;
+ int count = 0;
+
+ if (!d)
+ return -1;
+
+ while ((de = readdir(d)))
+ if (de->d_name[0] != '.')
+ count++;
+ closedir(d);
+ return count;
+}
+
+/*
+ * test_alloc_no_fd_leak_on_efault - verify no fd is leaked when
+ * copy_to_user() fails during DMA_HEAP_IOCTL_ALLOC.
+ *
+ * The bug: dma_buf_fd() called fd_install() before copy_to_user().
+ * If copy_to_user() then failed (e.g. via mprotect), the fd was
+ * silently installed in the fd table but never returned to userspace.
+ *
+ * The fix: reserve the fd with get_unused_fd_flags() first, attempt
+ * copy_to_user(), and only call fd_install() on success.
+ *
+ * We trigger the failure by placing the ioctl argument in a private
+ * anonymous page and flipping it to PROT_READ before the ioctl.
+ * Inside the kernel, copy_from_user() reads from the page (reads are
+ * allowed under PROT_READ, so it succeeds), but copy_to_user() that
+ * writes the fd number back faults, returning -EFAULT. We then
+ * count open file descriptors before and after; with the bug an extra
+ * fd is left in the table.
+ */
+static void test_alloc_no_fd_leak_on_efault(char *heap_name)
+{
+ int heap_fd = -1;
+ int fd_before, fd_after;
+ int ret;
+ long page_size;
+ struct dma_heap_allocation_data *req;
+
+ ksft_print_msg("Testing fd leak when copy_to_user() fails:\n");
+
+ heap_fd = dmabuf_heap_open(heap_name);
+
+ page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+
+ /*
+ * Place the ioctl argument in its own private anonymous page so
+ * we can flip its protection independently.
+ */
+ req = mmap(NULL, page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ if (req == MAP_FAILED) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("mmap failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
+ req->len = page_size;
+ req->fd_flags = O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC;
+
+ fd_before = count_open_fds();
+ if (fd_before < 0) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("count_open_fds: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ munmap(req, page_size);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Make the page read-only so copy_to_user() will fault. The
+ * ioctl must fail with -1; if it returns success the test setup
+ * is broken (mprotect is synchronous, so there is no race).
+ */
+ mprotect(req, page_size, PROT_READ);
+
+ ret = ioctl(heap_fd, DMA_HEAP_IOCTL_ALLOC, req);
+
+ /* Re-allow writes so munmap can clean up */
+ mprotect(req, page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
+ munmap(req, page_size);
+
+ if (ret != -1) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("ioctl returned %d, expected -1 EFAULT\n",
+ ret);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ fd_after = count_open_fds();
+ if (fd_after < 0) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("count_open_fds: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ksft_test_result(fd_before == fd_after,
+ "fd leak on EFAULT: before=%d after=%d\n",
+ fd_before, fd_after);
+out:
+ close(heap_fd);
+}
+
static int numer_of_heaps(void)
{
DIR *d = opendir(DEVPATH);
@@ -420,7 +530,7 @@ int main(void)
return KSFT_SKIP;
}

- ksft_set_plan(11 * numer_of_heaps());
+ ksft_set_plan(12 * numer_of_heaps());

while ((dir = readdir(d))) {
if (!strncmp(dir->d_name, ".", 2))
@@ -435,6 +545,7 @@ int main(void)
test_alloc_zeroed(dir->d_name, ONE_MEG);
test_alloc_compat(dir->d_name);
test_alloc_errors(dir->d_name);
+ test_alloc_no_fd_leak_on_efault(dir->d_name);
}
closedir(d);

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2.34.1