[PATCH] drm/amd/display: Fix logger leak on perf trace allocation failure

From: Jackie Liu

Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 07:25:48 EST


From: Jackie Liu <liuyun01@xxxxxxxxxx>

dc_construct_ctx() allocates a logger and stores an alias in dc->dml.logger
before allocating the performance trace object. If dc_perf_trace_create()
fails, the function frees dc_ctx without releasing the logger. Since
dc->ctx is assigned only after the trace allocation succeeds,
dc_destruct() cannot reclaim the logger on this error path.

Free the logger before discarding dc_ctx and clear dc->dml.logger to avoid
leaving a dangling alias after the failed construction.

Fixes: 5d72e247e58c ("drm/amd/display: switch DC over to the new DRM logging macros")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jackie Liu <liuyun01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
index 1143916391e79..03179633cd036 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc.c
@@ -1022,6 +1022,8 @@ static bool dc_construct_ctx(struct dc *dc,

dc_ctx->perf_trace = dc_perf_trace_create();
if (!dc_ctx->perf_trace) {
+ kfree(dc_ctx->logger);
+ dc->dml.logger = NULL;
kfree(dc_ctx);
ASSERT_CRITICAL(false);
return false;
--
2.43.0