[BUG] WARNING in drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked via drm_release
From: WangzXD0325@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu Jan 08 2026 - 06:47:09 EST
Hello DRM maintainers,
This is a WARNING bug detected by syzkaller.
1. Description
A kernel WARNING was triggered in drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked during the close() syscall on a DRM file descriptor. The issue appears to be related to GEM object handle management during the release process (drm_release).
According to the log, the warning is located at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c:300.
2. Environment
Kernel Branch: mainline
Kernel Revision: v6.18
Kernel Config: https://gist.github.com/manual0/b8f4c12ea784620b3db92dbe56afedbb#file-gistfile1-txt
Compiler: gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0
3. Syzkaller Report
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 48617 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c:300 drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked+0x30e/0x3e0
Modules linked in:
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 48617 Comm: syz.3.11626 Not tainted 6.18.0 #1 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked+0x30e/0x3e0
Call Trace:
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drm_gem_object_release_handle+0xc7/0x200
idr_for_each+0x119/0x230 lib/idr.c:208
drm_gem_release+0x29/0x40
drm_file_free.part.0+0x724/0xcf0
drm_close_helper.isra.0+0x183/0x1f0
drm_release+0x1ab/0x360
__fput+0x402/0xb50 fs/file_table.c:468
task_work_run+0x16b/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:227
exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xf9/0x130
do_syscall_64+0x424/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:308
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Best regards,
Zhi Wang