Re: [PATCH v4] drm: Fix drm_pending_vblank_event leak in error path for out_fence_ptr

[Melissa Wen]

On 11/09/2026 15:58, Melissa Wen wrote:


On 26/08/2026 13:46, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
When an out_fence_ptr is provided but DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT is not
set, a drm_pending_vblank_event will be allocated. If later, there is an
allocation failure or another failure at setup_out_fence(), that event
will not have base.fence set and it will not be released at
complete_signaling().

Release the event and set crtc_state->event to NULL just like in the
DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT case when there is a failure at
drm_event_reserve_init(). That is, prepare_signaling() releases the
event and there is nothing to be done at complete_signaling(). Use
drm_event_cancel_free() as that will also undo drm_event_reserve_init()
in case it has been called.

LGTM. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Melissa Wen <m...@igalia.com>

Applied to drm-misc-fixes:
9eb1a393c89a ("drm: Fix drm_pending_vblank_event leak in error path for 
out_fence_ptr")



Reported-by: sashiko-...@kernel.org
Closes: 
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260727-drm_crtc_atomic_commit_leak-v1-1-23d9948a9...@igalia.com?part=1
Fixes: 92c715fca907 ("drm/atomic: Fix double free in 
drm_atomic_state_default_clear")
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <casca...@igalia.com>
---
Changes in v4:
- Rename label to err_free_event.
- Use crtc_state->event instead of a local variable e.
- Link to v3: 
https://patch.msgid.link/20260817-drm_pending_vblank_event_leak-v3-1-7582b2444...@igalia.com

Changes in v3:
- Use a label for the common exit pattern.
- Link to v2: 
https://patch.msgid.link/20260729-drm_pending_vblank_event_leak-v2-1-a5074aae0...@igalia.com

Changes in v2:
- Fix UAF when DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT is used.
- Link to v1: 
https://patch.msgid.link/20260728-drm_pending_vblank_event_leak-v1-1-08429b920...@igalia.com
---
  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c | 13 ++++++++++---
  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c 
b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
index ae7667d1072d..8c0eea2fed4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
@@ -1458,10 +1458,12 @@ static int prepare_signaling(struct 
drm_device *dev,
              struct dma_fence *fence;
              struct drm_out_fence_state *f;
  +            ret = -ENOMEM;
+
              f = krealloc(*fence_state, sizeof(**fence_state) *
                       (*num_fences + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
              if (!f)
-                return -ENOMEM;
+                goto err_free_event;
                memset(&f[*num_fences], 0, sizeof(*f));
  @@ -1470,12 +1472,12 @@ static int prepare_signaling(struct 
drm_device *dev,
                fence = drm_crtc_create_fence(crtc);
              if (!fence)
-                return -ENOMEM;
+                goto err_free_event;
                ret = setup_out_fence(&f[(*num_fences)++], fence);
              if (ret) {
                  dma_fence_put(fence);
-                return ret;
+                goto err_free_event;
              }
                crtc_state->event->base.fence = fence;
@@ -1531,6 +1533,11 @@ static int prepare_signaling(struct drm_device 
*dev,
      }
        return 0;
+
+err_free_event:
+    drm_event_cancel_free(dev, &crtc_state->event->base);
+    crtc_state->event = NULL;
+    return ret;
  }
    static void complete_signaling(struct drm_device *dev,

---
base-commit: 4d4be202165e832d74849b4a68e289a2a377039c
change-id: 20260728-drm_pending_vblank_event_leak-a36cedb296ba

Best regards,
--
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <casca...@igalia.com>