[PATCH v2] drm/imx: Fix ipu_plane_duplicate_state() OOM handling

From: Osama Abdelkader

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 16:23:49 EST


ipu_plane_duplicate_state() could dereference NULL when kmalloc() fails
by returning &state->base unconditionally.

Return NULL on allocation failure, as the CRTC duplicate helper does.

Fixes: 00514e859335 ("drm/imx: use PRG/PRE when possible")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- add Fixes and Cc tags
---
drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/ipuv3-plane.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/ipuv3-plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/ipuv3-plane.c
index c7ec09e557c1..67f2da7f2b65 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/ipuv3-plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/ipuv3-plane.c
@@ -323,9 +323,10 @@ ipu_plane_duplicate_state(struct drm_plane *plane)
return NULL;

state = kmalloc_obj(*state);
- if (state)
- __drm_atomic_helper_plane_duplicate_state(plane, &state->base);
+ if (!state)
+ return NULL;

+ __drm_atomic_helper_plane_duplicate_state(plane, &state->base);
return &state->base;
}

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2.43.0