[SRU][R][PATCH 1/3] drm/amd/display: fix NULL ptr deref in ISM delayed work

Krystian Kaniewski krystian.kaniewski at canonical.com
Mon Aug 17 11:06:07 UTC 2026


From: Ray Wu <ray.wu at amd.com>

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2163121

dc_destroy() sets dm->dc to NULL before amdgpu_dm_ism_fini() is called,
leaving a window where in-flight ISM delayed work dereferences the stale
pointer. Call amdgpu_dm_ism_fini() in amdgpu_dm_fini() before dc_destroy().

Fixes: 754003486c3c ("drm/amd/display: Add Idle state manager(ISM)")
Reviewed-by: Leo Li <sunpeng.li at amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ray Wu <ray.wu at amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
(cherry picked from commit 17edfa32f1496df914b355cf7c0711a481765446)
Signed-off-by: Krystian Kaniewski <krystian.kaniewski at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c      | 9 +++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index bfb0d54b87c4a..97e7de11de6c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -2234,6 +2234,8 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_early_fini(struct amdgpu_ip_block *ip_block)
 static void amdgpu_dm_fini(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
 	int i;
+	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+	struct amdgpu_crtc *acrtc;
 
 	if (adev->dm.vblank_control_workqueue) {
 		destroy_workqueue(adev->dm.vblank_control_workqueue);
@@ -2250,6 +2252,13 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_fini(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		adev->dm.idle_workqueue = NULL;
 	}
 
+	/* Finalize ISM for each CRTC before dc_destroy() sets dm->dc to NULL */
+	drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, adev_to_drm(adev)) {
+		acrtc = to_amdgpu_crtc(crtc);
+		amdgpu_dm_ism_fini(&acrtc->ism);
+
+	}
+
 	amdgpu_dm_destroy_drm_device(&adev->dm);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DRM_AMD_SECURE_DISPLAY)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c
index 5d2715f78314e..d69f5a75b685a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c
@@ -457,9 +457,12 @@ static struct drm_crtc_state *amdgpu_dm_crtc_duplicate_state(struct drm_crtc *cr
 
 static void amdgpu_dm_crtc_destroy(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
-	struct amdgpu_crtc *acrtc = to_amdgpu_crtc(crtc);
+	/*
+	 * amdgpu_dm_ism_fini() is intentionally called in amdgpu_dm_fini().
+	 * It must be called before dc_destroy() in amdgpu_dm_fini()
+	 * to avoid ISM accessing an invalid dc handle once dc is released.
+	 */
 
-	amdgpu_dm_ism_fini(&acrtc->ism);
 	drm_crtc_cleanup(crtc);
 	kfree(crtc);
 }
-- 
2.53.0




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