Re: [syzbot] [media?] [dri?] kernel BUG in sync_timeline_signal
From: Edward Adam Davis
Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 22:34:57 EST
From: Edward Aadm Davis <eadavis@xxxxxxxx>
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 6628e7d4c6b2
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);