Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/core: Preserve the framebuffer after removing it.

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On 09/09/2015 04:04 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 03:51:50PM +0100, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:

Hi,

On 09/09/2015 03:40 PM, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
Previously RMFB and fd close chose to disable any plane that had
an active framebuffer from this file. If it was a primary plane the
crtc was disabled. However the fbdev code or any system compositor
should restore the planes anyway so there's no need to do it twice.

The old fb_id is zero'd, so there's no danger of being able to
restore the fb from fb_id.

What does this mean, say if the compositor dies last frame will remain on
the screen?

Yes, and the commit message should mention that. It should also mention
that other applications can't get at the data since we clear fb id still,
so no information leak there.

Perhaps I replied to the wrong patch from the series.

Why is all this needed anyway? It sound pretty undesirable from the security point of view to me. If it is exploitable to leave something sensitive on screen that's not good.

Regards,

Tvrtko
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