From eb623bd91dfdab468600924aabac51f06d3a8f99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaxry <vaxry@vaxry.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 22:22:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] animationMgr: avoid uaf in ::tick() if handleUpdate destroys
 AV

ref https://github.com/hyprwm/Hyprland/discussions/12840
---
 src/managers/animation/AnimationManager.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/managers/animation/AnimationManager.cpp b/src/managers/animation/AnimationManager.cpp
index 9a3fc157..05ce6939 100644
--- a/src/managers/animation/AnimationManager.cpp
+++ b/src/managers/animation/AnimationManager.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ void CHyprAnimationManager::tick() {
             if (!PAV)
                 continue;
 
+            // lock this value while we are doing handleUpdate to avoid a UAF if an update callback destroys it
+            const auto LOCK = PAV.lock();
+
             // for disabled anims just warp
             bool warp = !*PANIMENABLED || !PAV->enabled();