[PATCH 1/2] drm/msm/dpu: Add NULL pointer check in dpu_crtc_duplicate_state()

From: David Heidelberg via B4 Relay

Date: Fri Dec 12 2025 - 18:08:22 EST


From: Petr Hodina <petr.hodina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

dpu_crtc_duplicate_state() assumes that crtc->state is always valid,
but under certain error or teardown paths it may be NULL, leading to
a NULL-pointer dereference when calling to_dpu_crtc_state().

Signed-off-by: Petr Hodina <petr.hodina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
index c39f1908ea654..d03666e14d7de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,12 @@ static void dpu_crtc_reset(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
*/
static struct drm_crtc_state *dpu_crtc_duplicate_state(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
{
- struct dpu_crtc_state *cstate, *old_cstate = to_dpu_crtc_state(crtc->state);
+ struct dpu_crtc_state *cstate, *old_cstate;
+
+ if (WARN_ON(!crtc->state))
+ return NULL;
+
+ old_cstate = to_dpu_crtc_state(crtc->state);

cstate = kmemdup(old_cstate, sizeof(*old_cstate), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cstate) {

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2.51.0