[PATCH] drm/auth: Only drm_drop_master if it exists

From: Jonathan Cavitt

Date: Thu Apr 16 2026 - 17:01:04 EST


It is possible that both dev->master and file_priv->master are NULL when
passed to drm_master_release, which would result in dev being passed to
drm_drop_master (as NULL == NULL here). This would result in a NULL
pointer dereference when passing dev->master to drm_master_put in
drm_drop_master.

Only call drm_drop_master if dev->master exists. Also, make sure the
original calling requirement is maintained (dev->master ==
file_priv->master).

This fixes a static analysis issue.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cavitt <jonathan.cavitt@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
index e17bb0f1f9e0..e5013b870ba0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ void drm_master_release(struct drm_file *file_priv)
if (!drm_is_current_master_locked(file_priv))
goto out;

- if (dev->master == file_priv->master)
+ if (dev->master && dev->master == file_priv->master)
drm_drop_master(dev, file_priv);
out:
if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET) && file_priv->is_master) {
--
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