[PATCH 1/2] vfio: selftests: Fix iommufd compat mode __iommu_unmap() crash
From: Yi Lai
Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 00:04:01 EST
When running vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test in MODE_IOMMUFD_COMPAT* mode,
the test crashes with "Test terminated unexpectedly by signal 11".
The crash happens because:
1. __iommu_map() fails as expected for MMIO mappings in iommufd.
Consequently, the region.link remains uninitialized.
2. The test proceeds to call __iommu_unmap().
3. In iommufd compat mode, the kernel returns 0 for unmapping a
non-existent range.
4. __iommu_unmap() calls list_del_init(®ion->link), dereferencing the
uninitialized pointer.
Fix this by explicitly initializing region.link using INIT_LIST_HEAD.
Signed-off-by: Yi Lai <yi1.lai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test.c
index 957a89ce7b3a..4f7ecdca0215 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static void do_mmio_map_test(struct iommu *iommu,
.vaddr = vaddr,
.size = size,
.iova = iova_allocator_alloc(iova_allocator, size),
+ .link = LIST_HEAD_INIT(region.link),
};
/*
--
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