Re: [syzbot] [media?] [dri?] kernel BUG in sync_timeline_signal
From: syzbot
Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 22:31:47 EST
> From: Edward Aadm Davis <eadavis@xxxxxxxx>
>
> #syz test
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>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> index dd07d128adc3..4d885c8e1d4f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> @@ -320,8 +320,9 @@ static inline void dma_fence_put(struct dma_fence *fence)
> static inline struct dma_fence *dma_fence_get(struct dma_fence *fence)
> {
> if (fence)
> - kref_get(&fence->refcount);
> - return fence;
> + if (kref_get_unless_zero(&fence->refcount))
> + return fence;
> + return NULL;
> }
>
> /**
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
> index 8df20b0218a9..ad60ad5e5cd9 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
> @@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ static void sync_timeline_signal(struct sync_timeline *obj, unsigned int inc)
> if (!timeline_fence_signaled(&pt->base))
> break;
>
> - dma_fence_get(&pt->base);
> + if (!dma_fence_get(&pt->base))
> + continue;
>
> list_move_tail(&pt->link, &signalled);
> rb_erase(&pt->node, &obj->pt_tree);