commit 73a82b22963d ("drm/atomic: Fix potential use-after-free in nonblocking commits") introduced drm_dev_get/put() to drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(). And this cause problem in vkms driver exit process. vkms_exit() drm_dev_put() vkms_release() drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() drm_dev_get() drm_dev_put() vkms_release() ------ use after free Using 5.4 stable x86 image on qemu, below stacktrace can be triggered by load and unload vkms.ko. root:~ # insmod vkms.ko [ 76.957802] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013). [ 76.961490] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. [ 76.964416] [drm] Initialized vkms 1.0.0 20180514 for vkms on minor 0 root:~ # rmmod vkms.ko [ 79.650202] refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. [ 79.650249] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 3533 at ../lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0xcf/0xf0 [ 79.654241] Modules linked in: vkms(-) [ 79.654249] CPU: 2 PID: 3533 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 5.4.273 #4 [ 79.654251] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 79.654262] RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xcf/0xf0 ... [ 79.654296] Call Trace: [ 79.654462] ? __warn+0x80/0xd0 [ 79.654473] ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xcf/0xf0 [ 79.654481] ? report_bug+0xb6/0x130 [ 79.654484] ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xcf/0xf0 [ 79.654489] ? fixup_bug.part.12+0x13/0x30 [ 79.654492] ? do_error_trap+0x90/0xb0 [ 79.654495] ? do_invalid_op+0x31/0x40 [ 79.654497] ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xcf/0xf0 [ 79.654504] ? invalid_op+0x1e/0x30 [ 79.654508] ? refcount_warn_saturate+0xcf/0xf0 [ 79.654516] drm_atomic_state_init+0x68/0xb0 [ 79.654543] drm_atomic_state_alloc+0x43/0x60 [ 79.654551] drm_atomic_helper_disable_all+0x13/0x180 [ 79.654562] drm_atomic_helper_shutdown+0x5f/0xb0 [ 79.654571] vkms_release+0x18/0x40 [vkms] [ 79.654575] vkms_exit+0x29/0xc00 [vkms] [ 79.654582] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x155/0x220 [ 79.654592] do_syscall_64+0x43/0x120 [ 79.654603] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x5c/0xc1 [ 79.654619] ---[ end trace ce0c02f57ea6bf73 ]--- It seems that the proper unload sequence is: drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(); drm_dev_put(); Just put drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() before drm_dev_put() should solve the problem. Note that vkms exit code is refactored by commit 53d77aaa3f76 ("drm/vkms: Use devm_drm_dev_alloc") in tags/v5.10-rc1. So this bug only exists on 4.19 and 5.4. Fixes: 380c7ceabdde ("drm/atomic: Fix potential use-after-free in nonblocking commits") Fixes: 2ead1be54b22 ("drm/vkms: Fix connector leak at the module removal") Signed-off-by: Guo Mengqi <guomengqi3@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> --- drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c index b1201c18d3eb..d32e08f17427 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static void vkms_release(struct drm_device *dev) struct vkms_device *vkms = container_of(dev, struct vkms_device, drm); platform_device_unregister(vkms->platform); - drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(&vkms->drm); drm_mode_config_cleanup(&vkms->drm); drm_dev_fini(&vkms->drm); } @@ -137,6 +136,7 @@ static void __exit vkms_exit(void) } drm_dev_unregister(&vkms_device->drm); + drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(&vkms_device->drm); drm_dev_put(&vkms_device->drm); kfree(vkms_device); -- 2.17.1