From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
To: <mario.limonciello@amd.com>, <lizhi.hou@amd.com>,
<mamin506@gmail.com>, <ogabbay@kernel.org>, <superm1@kernel.org>
Cc: <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] accel/amdxdna: Fix NULL pointer dereference in mailbox channel cleanup
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:42:50 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260210164521.1094274-2-mario.limonciello@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260210164521.1094274-1-mario.limonciello@amd.com>
aie2_destroy_context() is called during various cleanup paths, including
when context creation fails partially. If xdna_mailbox_create_channel()
fails during aie2_create_context(), the hwctx->priv->mbox_chann pointer
remains NULL. When cleanup occurs (e.g., during process termination via
amdxdna_hwctx_remove_all), aie2_destroy_context() is invoked and attempts
to stop and destroy the NULL mailbox channel, leading to a NULL pointer
dereference.
The issue was observed in the following call path:
amdxdna_drm_close
amdxdna_hwctx_remove_all
aie2_hwctx_fini
aie2_release_resource
aie2_destroy_context
xdna_mailbox_stop_channel <- NULL dereference
Add NULL checks in aie2_destroy_context() before calling mailbox channel
operations. Also add defensive NULL checks in aie2_hw_stop() for both
mgmt_chann and mbox to prevent similar issues during device shutdown.
Fixes: 97f27573837e ("accel/amdxdna: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in context cleanup")
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c | 14 +++++++++-----
drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c | 14 +++++++++-----
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c
index 7d7dcfeaf7942..77e3cdf18658b 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_message.c
@@ -318,11 +318,15 @@ int aie2_destroy_context(struct amdxdna_dev_hdl *ndev, struct amdxdna_hwctx *hwc
struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = ndev->xdna;
int ret;
- xdna_mailbox_stop_channel(hwctx->priv->mbox_chann);
- ret = aie2_destroy_context_req(ndev, hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
- xdna_mailbox_destroy_channel(hwctx->priv->mbox_chann);
- XDNA_DBG(xdna, "Destroyed fw ctx %d", hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
- hwctx->priv->mbox_chann = NULL;
+ if (hwctx->priv->mbox_chann) {
+ xdna_mailbox_stop_channel(hwctx->priv->mbox_chann);
+ ret = aie2_destroy_context_req(ndev, hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
+ xdna_mailbox_destroy_channel(hwctx->priv->mbox_chann);
+ XDNA_DBG(xdna, "Destroyed fw ctx %d", hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
+ hwctx->priv->mbox_chann = NULL;
+ } else {
+ ret = aie2_destroy_context_req(ndev, hwctx->fw_ctx_id);
+ }
hwctx->fw_ctx_id = -1;
ndev->hwctx_num--;
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
index f70ccf0f3c019..9c2572706bf53 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
@@ -324,11 +324,15 @@ static void aie2_hw_stop(struct amdxdna_dev *xdna)
}
aie2_mgmt_fw_fini(ndev);
- xdna_mailbox_stop_channel(ndev->mgmt_chann);
- xdna_mailbox_destroy_channel(ndev->mgmt_chann);
- ndev->mgmt_chann = NULL;
- drmm_kfree(&xdna->ddev, ndev->mbox);
- ndev->mbox = NULL;
+ if (ndev->mgmt_chann) {
+ xdna_mailbox_stop_channel(ndev->mgmt_chann);
+ xdna_mailbox_destroy_channel(ndev->mgmt_chann);
+ ndev->mgmt_chann = NULL;
+ }
+ if (ndev->mbox) {
+ drmm_kfree(&xdna->ddev, ndev->mbox);
+ ndev->mbox = NULL;
+ }
aie2_psp_stop(ndev->psp_hdl);
aie2_smu_fini(ndev);
aie2_error_async_events_free(ndev);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-10 16:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-10 16:42 [PATCH 0/2] amdxdna: fixes for closing a process Mario Limonciello
2026-02-10 16:42 ` Mario Limonciello [this message]
2026-02-10 17:17 ` [PATCH 1/2] accel/amdxdna: Fix NULL pointer dereference in mailbox channel cleanup Lizhi Hou
2026-02-11 6:21 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-10 16:42 ` [PATCH 2/2] accel/amdxdna: Reduce log noise during process termination Mario Limonciello
2026-02-10 17:20 ` Lizhi Hou
2026-02-11 6:21 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-11 6:21 ` Claude review: amdxdna: fixes for closing a process Claude Code Review Bot
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