In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_pipe_release when deadlock is detected

mdp5_get_global_state runs the risk of hitting a -EDEADLK when acquiring
the modeset lock, but currently mdp5_pipe_release doesn't check for if
an error is returned. Because of this, there is a possibility of
mdp5_pipe_release hitting a NULL dereference error.

To avoid this, let's have mdp5_pipe_release check if
mdp5_get_global_state returns an error and propogate that error.

Changes since v1:
- Separated declaration and initialization of *new_state to avoid
  compiler warning
- Fixed some spelling mistakes in commit message

Changes since v2:
- Return 0 in case where hwpipe is NULL as this is considered normal
  behavior
- Added 2nd patch in series to fix a similar NULL dereference issue in
  mdp5_mixer_release

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/485179/

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04bef5f1ba8ea6d7c1c8f5f65e0395c62db59cb8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19964dfb39bda4d7716a71009488f0668ecbcf52

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33dc5aac46e0fad8f5eb193e5906ed0eb6b66ceb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49dc28b4b2e28ef7564e355c91487996c1cbebd7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/776f5c58bfe16cf322d71eeed3c5dda1eeac7e6b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2aa2c4efe93e2580d6a8774b04fe2b99756a322

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59be579fa932c46b908f37509f319cbd4ca9a68