[PATCH 5.10/5.15] drm/vmwgfx: drop dma_buf reference on foreign-fd prime import

From: Alexander Martyniuk

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 09:03:23 EST


From: Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit f739416dc555fa205a785e5135d73fa39b26f35d upstream.

ttm_prime_fd_to_handle() returns -ENOSYS when the imported fd's
dma_buf->ops do not match the ttm_object_device's ops, but does so
without releasing the reference acquired by dma_buf_get(). Any
unprivileged renderD client passing a non-vmwgfx prime fd through the
DRM_VMW_GB_SURFACE_REF{,_EXT} path leaks one dma_buf reference per
call and indefinitely pins the foreign exporter's GEM resources.

Funnel the error path through the existing dma_buf_put() so the
reference is always dropped.

Fixes: 65981f7681ab ("drm/ttm: Add a minimal prime implementation for ttm base objects")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4.7
Signed-off-by: Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ian Forbes <ian.forbes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505222728.519626-6-zack.rusin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexander Martyniuk <alexevgmart@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Backport fix for CVE-2026-80888
drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c
index 16077785ad47..39ddb74ad07f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c
@@ -658,14 +658,17 @@ int ttm_prime_fd_to_handle(struct ttm_object_file *tfile,
if (IS_ERR(dma_buf))
return PTR_ERR(dma_buf);

- if (dma_buf->ops != &tdev->ops)
- return -ENOSYS;
+ if (dma_buf->ops != &tdev->ops) {
+ ret = -ENOSYS;
+ goto out;
+ }

prime = (struct ttm_prime_object *) dma_buf->priv;
base = &prime->base;
*handle = base->handle;
ret = ttm_ref_object_add(tfile, base, TTM_REF_USAGE, NULL, false);

+out:
dma_buf_put(dma_buf);

return ret;
--
2.43.0