1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 934396c5f048..ea963c32772d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -747,7 +747,11 @@ validate_exec_list(struct drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 *exec,
 
                 length = exec[i].relocation_count *
                         sizeof(struct drm_i915_gem_relocation_entry);
-                /* we may also need to update the presumed offsets */
+                /*
+                 * We must check that the entire relocation array is safe
+                 * to read, but since we may need to update the presumed
+                 * offsets during execution, check for full write access.
+                 */
                 if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, ptr, length))
                         return -EFAULT;