[PATCH v10 12/69] drm/bridge: Fix unlocked list_del in drm_bridge_add()

From: Cristian Ciocaltea

Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 12:41:29 EST


When re-adding a bridge that was previously removed, drm_bridge_add()
drops it from bridge_lingering_list without holding bridge_lock.

Both bridge_list and bridge_lingering_list are protected by bridge_lock,
as they are concurrently modified by drm_bridge_remove() and
__drm_bridge_free(), and walked by the debugfs 'bridges' file. Running
the list_empty() test and the list_del_init() outside of the lock may
therefore corrupt either list.

Perform both under bridge_lock.

Fixes: 17805a15d175 ("drm/bridge: add list of removed refcounted bridges")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260723015004.1F5711F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
index afaae272347c..8b8f71c3ccff 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
* DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/

+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
@@ -454,8 +455,10 @@ void drm_bridge_add(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
* in bridge_lingering_list. Remove it or bridge_lingering_list will be
* corrupted when adding this bridge to bridge_list below.
*/
- if (!list_empty(&bridge->list))
- list_del_init(&bridge->list);
+ scoped_guard(mutex, &bridge_lock) {
+ if (!list_empty(&bridge->list))
+ list_del_init(&bridge->list);
+ }

mutex_init(&bridge->hpd_state_mutex);
mutex_init(&bridge->hpd_mutex);

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