[PATCH 2/5] drm/bridge/panel: hold a reference to the wrapped panel

From: Albert Esteve

Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 08:06:44 EST


drm_panel_bridge_add_typed() stores a pointer to the drm_panel it
wraps, but never acquires a reference to it. If the panel device
goes away while a panel_bridge still exists, the dangling pointer can
be dereferenced through panel_bridge->panel.

Acquire a reference in drm_panel_bridge_add_typed() with drm_panel_get()
and release it in each teardown path.

Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
index 4978ec98a0828..6b98ad19508df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ struct drm_bridge *drm_panel_bridge_add_typed(struct drm_panel *panel,
return (void *)panel_bridge;

panel_bridge->connector_type = connector_type;
- panel_bridge->panel = panel;
+ panel_bridge->panel = drm_panel_get(panel);

panel_bridge->bridge.of_node = panel->dev->of_node;
panel_bridge->bridge.ops = DRM_BRIDGE_OP_MODES;
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_bridge_add_typed);
void drm_panel_bridge_remove(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
{
struct panel_bridge *panel_bridge;
+ struct drm_panel *panel;

if (!bridge)
return;
@@ -326,10 +327,12 @@ void drm_panel_bridge_remove(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
}

panel_bridge = drm_bridge_to_panel_bridge(bridge);
+ panel = panel_bridge->panel;

drm_bridge_remove(bridge);
/* TODO remove this after reworking panel_bridge lifetime */
- devm_drm_put_bridge(panel_bridge->panel->dev, bridge);
+ devm_drm_put_bridge(panel->dev, bridge);
+ drm_panel_put(panel);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_bridge_remove);

@@ -357,11 +360,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation);
static void devm_drm_panel_bridge_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
{
struct drm_bridge *bridge = *(struct drm_bridge **)res;
+ struct panel_bridge *panel_bridge;

if (!bridge)
return;

+ panel_bridge = drm_bridge_to_panel_bridge(bridge);
drm_bridge_remove(bridge);
+ drm_panel_put(panel_bridge->panel);
}

/**

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