[PATCH v2 2/6] drm/msm: fix framebuffer pin refcount leak on prepare failure

From: Dmitry Baryshkov

Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 11:51:15 EST


msm_framebuffer_prepare() bumps prepare_count before pinning, but returns
straight out of the pin loop on error, leaking the count, the
msm_gem_vma_get() reference and any planes already pinned.
drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes() does not call cleanup_fb() for the
plane whose prepare_fb() failed, so nothing ever drops it.

Since commit 8ac37c88f991 ("drm/msm: Refcount framebuffer pins") a
prepare which finds the count already non-zero returns early, assuming
iova[] is populated. With the count stuck, every later prepare of that
framebuffer reports success while iova[] is still zero, and DPU scans out
from a NULL base address:

arm-smmu 15000000.iommu: Unhandled context fault: fsr=0x402,
iova=0x00000100, fsynr=0x3e0023, cbfrsynra=0x1c00, cb=11

Unwind properly on failure instead.

Fixes: 8ac37c88f991 ("drm/msm: Refcount framebuffer pins")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c
index d69591245231..dfe040d5260b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c
@@ -102,13 +102,28 @@ int msm_framebuffer_prepare(struct drm_framebuffer *fb, bool needs_dirtyfb)
ret = msm_gem_get_and_pin_iova(fb->obj[i], vm, &msm_fb->iova[i]);
drm_dbg_state(fb->dev, "FB[%u]: iova[%d]: %08llx (%d)\n",
fb->base.id, i, msm_fb->iova[i], ret);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ msm_gem_vma_put(fb->obj[i]);
break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (ret) {
+ while (i--) {
+ msm_gem_unpin_iova(fb->obj[i], vm);
+ msm_gem_vma_put(fb->obj[i]);
+ }
+
+ memset(msm_fb->iova, 0, sizeof(msm_fb->iova));
+ msm_fb->prepare_count--;
}

out:
mutex_unlock(&msm_fb->lock);

+ if (ret && needs_dirtyfb)
+ refcount_dec(&msm_fb->dirtyfb);
+
return ret;
}


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