[PATCH v2 2/4] drm/virtio: fix object leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl()

From: Junrui Luo via B4 Relay

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 03:41:59 EST


From: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@xxxxxxxxxxx>

virtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl() calls drm_gem_object_release() on the
drm_gem_handle_create() error path instead of dropping the reference it
owns, so obj->funcs->free() never runs and the virtio_gpu_object, its
pages and sg table, the resource id and the host-side resource are
leaked.

Use drm_gem_object_put() instead.

Fixes: 62fb7a5e1096 ("virtio-gpu: add 3d/virgl support")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
index 3d8e4ccdb7c1..d16f07abb266 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int virtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,

ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file, obj, &handle);
if (ret) {
- drm_gem_object_release(obj);
+ drm_gem_object_put(obj);
return ret;
}


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