[PATCH 08/11] drm/amd/display: Avoid a NULL pointer dereference

Alex Hung alex.hung at amd.com
Wed Aug 13 23:18:16 UTC 2025


From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>

[WHY]
Although unlikely drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state() or
drm_atomic_get_old_connector_state() can return NULL.

[HOW]
Check returns before dereference.

Cc: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Harry Wentland <harry.wentland at amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Hung <alex.hung at amd.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index 176f420effd9..b944abea306d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -7836,6 +7836,9 @@ amdgpu_dm_connector_atomic_check(struct drm_connector *conn,
 	struct amdgpu_dm_connector *aconn = to_amdgpu_dm_connector(conn);
 	int ret;
 
+	if (WARN_ON(unlikely(!old_con_state || !new_con_state)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	trace_amdgpu_dm_connector_atomic_check(new_con_state);
 
 	if (conn->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DisplayPort) {
-- 
2.43.0



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