[PATCH 1/2] drm/syncobj: fix fence and syncobj leak in drm_syncobj_import_sync_file_fence

From: Julian Orth

Date: Sat Oct 10 2026 - 14:08:31 EST


If dma_fence_chain_alloc() fails, the function returns -ENOMEM without
dropping the references to the imported fence and the syncobj.

Fixes: c2d3a7300695 ("drm/syncobj: Extend EXPORT_SYNC_FILE for timeline syncobjs")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Signed-off-by: Julian Orth <ju.orth@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
index c23a5de27..5ca5163d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ static int drm_syncobj_import_sync_file_fence(struct drm_file *file_private,
{
struct dma_fence *fence = sync_file_get_fence(fd);
struct drm_syncobj *syncobj;
+ int ret = 0;

if (!fence)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -743,17 +744,20 @@ static int drm_syncobj_import_sync_file_fence(struct drm_file *file_private,
if (point) {
struct dma_fence_chain *chain = dma_fence_chain_alloc();

- if (!chain)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!chain) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }

drm_syncobj_add_point(syncobj, chain, fence, point);
} else {
drm_syncobj_replace_fence(syncobj, fence);
}

+out:
dma_fence_put(fence);
drm_syncobj_put(syncobj);
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}

static int drm_syncobj_export_sync_file(struct drm_file *file_private,
--
2.56.0