When msm_framebuffer_init() fails before calling drm_framebuffer_init(), drm_framebuffer_cleanup() [called in msm_framebuffer_destroy()] is still being called even though drm_framebuffer_init() was not called for that buffer. Thus a NULL pointer derefencing:

[ 247.529691] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000027c ... [ 247.563996] PC is at __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x94/0x3a8 ... [ 247.823025] [<c07c3c78>] (__mutex_lock_slowpath) from [<c07c3fac>] (mutex_lock+0x20/0x3c) [ 247.831186] [<c07c3fac>] (mutex_lock) from [<c0347cf0>] (drm_framebuffer_cleanup+0x18/0x38) [ 247.839520] [<c0347cf0>] (drm_framebuffer_cleanup) from [<c036d138>] (msm_framebuffer_destroy+0x48/0x100) [ 247.849066] [<c036d138>] (msm_framebuffer_destroy) from [<c036d580>] (msm_framebuffer_init+0x1e8/0x228) [ 247.858439] [<c036d580>] (msm_framebuffer_init) from [<c036d630>] (msm_framebuffer_create+0x70/0x134) [ 247.867642] [<c036d630>] (msm_framebuffer_create) from [<c03493ec>] (internal_framebuffer_create+0x67c/0x7b4) [ 247.877537] [<c03493ec>] (internal_framebuffer_create) from [<c034ce34>] (drm_mode_addfb2+0x20/0x98) [ 247.886650] [<c034ce34>] (drm_mode_addfb2) from [<c034071c>] (drm_ioctl+0x240/0x420) [ 247.894378] [<c034071c>] (drm_ioctl) from [<c011df7c>] (do_vfs_ioctl+0x4e4/0x5a4) ...

Signed-off-by: Stephane Viau sviau@codeaurora.org --- drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c index 6b573e6..c0f09d3 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c @@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ struct drm_framebuffer *msm_framebuffer_init(struct drm_device *dev, return fb;

fail: - if (fb) - msm_framebuffer_destroy(fb); + kfree(msm_fb);

return ERR_PTR(ret); }