[PATCH] drm/qxl: Fix out-of-bounds read in qxl_update_offset_props()

From: Julio Faracco

Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 08:43:44 EST


Function qxl_update_offset_props() dereferences
qdev->client_monitors_config->heads[output->index] for every connector.
The connector list holds qxl_num_crtc entries (default 4), but heads[] is
only allocated for client_monitors_config->count entries. When the client
reports fewer monitors than qxl_num_crtc (e.g. a guest started with
heads=1), output->index exceeds count and the read runs off the end:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in
qxl_display_read_client_monitors_config+0x61e/0x6f0 [qxl]
Read of size 4 ... located 16 bytes to the right of allocated
32-byte region

Factor the index-vs-count check already open-coded in
qxl_add_monitors_config_modes() and qxl_conn_detect() into a
qxl_output_get_client_head() helper that returns the head or NULL when
the config is absent or does not cover the output's index, and use it
in all three places.

Signed-off-by: Julio Faracco <jcfaracco@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index 75d47e6b9142..92cc240dc9c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -147,6 +147,21 @@ static int qxl_display_copy_rom_client_monitors_config(struct qxl_device *qdev)
return status;
}

+/*
+ * Return the client monitors config head for @output, or NULL when the
+ * client monitors config is absent or does not cover this output's index.
+ */
+static struct qxl_head *qxl_output_get_client_head(struct qxl_output *output)
+{
+ struct qxl_device *qdev = to_qxl(output->base.dev);
+ struct qxl_monitors_config *cfg = qdev->client_monitors_config;
+
+ if (!cfg || output->index >= cfg->count)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return &cfg->heads[output->index];
+}
+
static void qxl_update_offset_props(struct qxl_device *qdev)
{
struct drm_device *dev = &qdev->ddev;
@@ -157,7 +172,9 @@ static void qxl_update_offset_props(struct qxl_device *qdev)
list_for_each_entry(connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
output = drm_connector_to_qxl_output(connector);

- head = &qdev->client_monitors_config->heads[output->index];
+ head = qxl_output_get_client_head(output);
+ if (!head)
+ continue;

drm_object_property_set_value(&connector->base,
dev->mode_config.suggested_x_property, head->x);
@@ -262,12 +279,11 @@ static int qxl_add_monitors_config_modes(struct drm_connector *connector)
return 0;
if (h >= qxl_num_crtc)
return 0;
- if (!qdev->client_monitors_config)
- return 0;
- if (h >= qdev->client_monitors_config->count)
+
+ head = qxl_output_get_client_head(output);
+ if (!head)
return 0;

- head = &qdev->client_monitors_config->heads[h];
DRM_DEBUG_KMS("head %d is %dx%d\n", h, head->width, head->height);

return qxl_add_mode(connector, head->width, head->height, true);
@@ -1103,15 +1119,17 @@ static enum drm_connector_status qxl_conn_detect(
drm_connector_to_qxl_output(connector);
struct drm_device *ddev = connector->dev;
struct qxl_device *qdev = to_qxl(ddev);
+ struct qxl_head *head;
bool connected = false;

/* The first monitor is always connected */
if (!qdev->client_monitors_config) {
if (output->index == 0)
connected = true;
- } else
- connected = qdev->client_monitors_config->count > output->index &&
- qxl_head_enabled(&qdev->client_monitors_config->heads[output->index]);
+ } else {
+ head = qxl_output_get_client_head(output);
+ connected = head && qxl_head_enabled(head);
+ }

DRM_DEBUG("#%d connected: %d\n", output->index, connected);

--
2.55.0