[Linaro-mm-sig] Re: [PATCH 1/9] vfio/pci: Fix vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup() double-put

On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:17:44 -0700 Matt Evans mattev@meta.com wrote:

vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup() assumed all VFIO device DMABUFs need to be revoked. However, if vfio_pci_dma_buf_move() revokes DMABUFs before the fd/device closes, then vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup() would do a second/underflowing kref_put() then wait_for_completion() on a completion that never fires. Fixed by predicating on revocation status.

This could happen if PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY is cleared before closing the device fd (but the scenario is more likely to hit when future commits add more methods to revoke DMABUFs).

Fixes: 1a8a5227f2299 ("vfio: Wait for dma-buf invalidation to complete") Signed-off-by: Matt Evans mattev@meta.com

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(Just a fix, but later "vfio/pci: Convert BAR mmap() to use a DMABUF" and "vfio/pci: Permanently revoke a DMABUF on request" depend on this context, so including in this series.)

We really need a fix for this split out from this series, It's already been shown[1] that this is trivially reachable. Carlos proposed[2] a similar solution to the one below. I was concurrently working on the issued and suggested an alternative[3]. Let's pick a solution for 7.1-rc. Thanks,

Alex

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/all/GVXPR02MB12019AA6014F27EF5D773E89BFB372@GVXPR02M... [2]https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260429182736.409323-2-clopez@suse.de/ [3]https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260429142242.70f746b4@nvidia.com/

drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c index 281ba7d69567..04478b7415a0 100644 --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c @@ -395,20 +395,25 @@ void vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev) down_write(&vdev->memory_lock); list_for_each_entry_safe(priv, tmp, &vdev->dmabufs, dmabufs_elm) {

• bool was_revoked;
  

• if (!get_file_active(&priv->dmabuf->file)) continue;

dma_resv_lock(priv->dmabuf->resv, NULL); list_del_init(&priv->dmabufs_elm); priv->vdev = NULL;

• was_revoked = priv->revoked;
  

  priv->revoked = true; dma_buf_invalidate_mappings(priv->dmabuf); dma_resv_wait_timeout(priv->dmabuf->resv, DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP, false, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT); dma_resv_unlock(priv->dmabuf->resv);

• kref_put(&priv->kref, vfio_pci_dma_buf_done);
  

• wait_for_completion(&priv->comp);
  

• if (!was_revoked) {
  

• 	kref_put(&priv->kref, vfio_pci_dma_buf_done);
  

• 	wait_for_completion(&priv->comp);
  

• }
  

  vfio_device_put_registration(&vdev->vdev); fput(priv->dmabuf->file); }