[PATCH] drm/imagination: Fix NULL pointer dereference

From: Alexandru Dadu

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 07:48:19 EST


Fix the NULL pointer dereference from pvr_fw_object_destroy() when
handling allocation failures.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Dadu <alexandru.dadu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw.c
index 850a3ec8e775..88f11fb01304 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw.c
@@ -1425,22 +1425,26 @@ pvr_fw_object_create_and_map_offset(struct pvr_device *pvr_dev,
*/
void pvr_fw_object_destroy(struct pvr_fw_object *fw_obj)
{
- struct pvr_gem_object *pvr_obj = fw_obj->gem;
- struct drm_gem_object *gem_obj = gem_from_pvr_gem(pvr_obj);
- struct pvr_device *pvr_dev = to_pvr_device(gem_obj->dev);
+ if (!fw_obj)
+ return;

- mutex_lock(&pvr_dev->fw_dev.fw_objs.lock);
- list_del(&fw_obj->node);
- mutex_unlock(&pvr_dev->fw_dev.fw_objs.lock);
+ if (fw_obj->gem) {
+ struct pvr_gem_object *pvr_obj = fw_obj->gem;
+ struct drm_gem_object *gem_obj = gem_from_pvr_gem(pvr_obj);
+ struct pvr_device *pvr_dev = to_pvr_device(gem_obj->dev);

- if (drm_mm_node_allocated(&fw_obj->fw_mm_node)) {
- /* If we can't unmap, leak the memory. */
- if (WARN_ON(pvr_fw_object_fw_unmap(fw_obj)))
- return;
- }
+ mutex_lock(&pvr_dev->fw_dev.fw_objs.lock);
+ list_del(&fw_obj->node);
+ mutex_unlock(&pvr_dev->fw_dev.fw_objs.lock);
+
+ if (drm_mm_node_allocated(&fw_obj->fw_mm_node)) {
+ /* If we can't unmap, leak the memory. */
+ if (WARN_ON(pvr_fw_object_fw_unmap(fw_obj)))
+ return;
+ }

- if (fw_obj->gem)
pvr_gem_object_put(fw_obj->gem);
+ }

kfree(fw_obj);
}

---
base-commit: e55fead22ff9ee047ab9f1903860c4b43043514e
change-id: 20260812-fix-null-pointer-dereference-2c891142d988

Best regards,
--
Alexandru Dadu <alexandru.dadu@xxxxxxxxxx>