On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 1:35 PM Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If we don't call drm_connector_cleanup() manually in
> panel_bridge_detach(), the connector will be cleaned up with the other
> DRM objects in the call to drm_mode_config_cleanup(). However, since our
> drm_connector is devm-allocated, by the time drm_mode_config_cleanup()
> will be called, our connector will be long gone. Therefore, the
> connector must be cleaned up when the bridge is detached to avoid
> use-after-free conditions.
For -fixes this sounds ok, but for -next I think switching to drmm_
would be much better.
-Daniel
> v2: Cleanup connector only if it was created
>
> Fixes: 13dfc0540a57 ("drm/bridge: Refactor out the panel wrapper from the lvds-encoder bridge.")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.12+
> Cc: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonas Karlman <jonas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> index 0ddc37551194..df86b0ee0549 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> @@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ static int panel_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
>
> static void panel_bridge_detach(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
> {
> + struct panel_bridge *panel_bridge = drm_bridge_to_panel_bridge(bridge);
> + struct drm_connector *connector = &panel_bridge->connector;
> +
> + /* Cleanup the connector if we know it was initialized */
> + if (!!panel_bridge->connector.dev)
> + drm_connector_cleanup(connector);
> }
>
> static void panel_bridge_pre_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
> --
> 2.29.2
>
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch
