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do_trap_ecall_u+0x23e/0x3f4\n[<ffffffff80d92288>] handle_exception+0x168/0x174\n```\n\nAs all occurences of drm_gpuva_find*() are already guarded by\nvm_ctx->lock, make pvr_vm_map() to acquire this lock to prevent\ndisturbing any find operation. This fixes the NULL deference problem in\ndrm_gpuva_find*()."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - Triggered through the DRM_IOCTL_PVR_VM_MAP/VM_UNMAP ioctls on the PowerVR render node (/dev/dri/renderD*), which requires local access to the device file; no network or physical path exists.\nAC:L - The attacker owns both sides of the race, issuing concurrent VM_MAP and VM_UNMAP ioctls from two threads on the same fd and vm_ctx handle, and can retry indefinitely with attacker-chosen mapping layouts that force split/remap (free) paths.\nPR:L - The ioctls are marked DRM_RENDER_ALLOW, so no DRM master, root, or capability is needed; any unprivileged process able to open the render node (world-accessible or graphics-group on Android/embedded PowerVR devices) can reach the code.\nUI:N - The attacker performs the entire sequence itself by opening the render node, creating a VM context and issuing concurrent map/unmap ioctls; 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This fixes the NULL deference problem in\ndrm_gpuva_find*().","Type":"Description","Title":"drm/imagination: acquire vm_ctx->lock before mapping memory to G"}]}}}