* [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Fix kernel NULL pointer dereference on older hardware
@ 2015-10-13 7:30 Thomas Hellstrom
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From: Thomas Hellstrom @ 2015-10-13 7:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dri-devel; +Cc: Thomas Hellstrom, stable
The commit "drm/vmwgfx: Fix up user_dmabuf refcounting", while fixing a
kernel crash introduced a NULL pointer dereference on older hardware.
Fix this.
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Reviewed-by: Sinclair Yeh <syeh@vmware.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Paul <brianp@vmware.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
index 64b5040..03f63c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c
@@ -657,7 +657,8 @@ static void vmw_user_surface_base_release(struct ttm_base_object **p_base)
struct vmw_resource *res = &user_srf->srf.res;
*p_base = NULL;
- ttm_base_object_unref(&user_srf->backup_base);
+ if (user_srf->backup_base)
+ ttm_base_object_unref(&user_srf->backup_base);
vmw_resource_unreference(&res);
}
--
2.1.0
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