* [PATCH v2 1/4] media: imx8-isi: fix use-after-free on remove
2026-05-06 3:12 [PATCH v2 0/4] media: imx8-isi: fix resource cleanup issues Xiaolei Wang
@ 2026-05-06 3:12 ` Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 12:31 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] media: imx8-isi: add missing v4l2_subdev_cleanup() in crossbar and pipe Xiaolei Wang
` (2 subsequent siblings)
3 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Xiaolei Wang @ 2026-05-06 3:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: laurent.pinchart, mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam,
aisheng.dong, jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, Xiaolei.Wang
Cc: linux-media, imx, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free in __media_entity_remove_link()
during rmmod of imx8_isi:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __media_entity_remove_link+0x608/0x650
Read of size 2 at addr ffff0000d47cb02a by task rmmod/724
Call trace:
__media_entity_remove_link+0x608/0x650
__media_entity_remove_links+0x78/0x144
__media_device_unregister_entity+0x150/0x280
media_device_unregister_entity+0x48/0x68
v4l2_device_unregister_subdev+0x158/0x300
v4l2_async_unbind_subdev_one+0x22c/0x358
v4l2_async_nf_unbind_all_subdevs+0xfc/0x1c0
v4l2_async_nf_unregister+0x5c/0x14c
mxc_isi_remove+0x124/0x2a0 [imx8_isi]
Allocated by task 249:
__kmalloc_noprof+0x27c/0x690
mxc_isi_crossbar_init+0x22c/0x560 [imx8_isi]
Freed by task 724:
kfree+0x1e4/0x5b0
mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup+0x34/0x80 [imx8_isi]
mxc_isi_remove+0x11c/0x2a0 [imx8_isi]
The problem is that mxc_isi_remove() calls mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup()
before mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup(). The crossbar cleanup frees the media
entity pads, but the subsequent v4l2 cleanup still tries to remove
media links that reference those pads.
Fix this by calling mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup() before
mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup() to ensure all media entities are properly
unregistered while the pads are still valid.
Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
---
drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
index 4bf8570e1b9e..2d639b789910 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ static void mxc_isi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(pipe);
}
- mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup(isi);
+ mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
}
static const struct of_device_id mxc_isi_of_match[] = {
--
2.43.0
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2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] media: imx8-isi: fix use-after-free on remove Xiaolei Wang
@ 2026-05-06 12:31 ` Laurent Pinchart
0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Laurent Pinchart @ 2026-05-06 12:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xiaolei Wang
Cc: mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam, aisheng.dong,
jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, linux-media, imx,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
Hello Xiaolei,
Thank you for the patch.
On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:12:07AM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
> KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free in __media_entity_remove_link()
> during rmmod of imx8_isi:
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __media_entity_remove_link+0x608/0x650
> Read of size 2 at addr ffff0000d47cb02a by task rmmod/724
>
> Call trace:
> __media_entity_remove_link+0x608/0x650
> __media_entity_remove_links+0x78/0x144
> __media_device_unregister_entity+0x150/0x280
> media_device_unregister_entity+0x48/0x68
> v4l2_device_unregister_subdev+0x158/0x300
> v4l2_async_unbind_subdev_one+0x22c/0x358
> v4l2_async_nf_unbind_all_subdevs+0xfc/0x1c0
> v4l2_async_nf_unregister+0x5c/0x14c
> mxc_isi_remove+0x124/0x2a0 [imx8_isi]
>
> Allocated by task 249:
> __kmalloc_noprof+0x27c/0x690
> mxc_isi_crossbar_init+0x22c/0x560 [imx8_isi]
>
> Freed by task 724:
> kfree+0x1e4/0x5b0
> mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup+0x34/0x80 [imx8_isi]
> mxc_isi_remove+0x11c/0x2a0 [imx8_isi]
>
> The problem is that mxc_isi_remove() calls mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup()
> before mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup(). The crossbar cleanup frees the media
> entity pads, but the subsequent v4l2 cleanup still tries to remove
> media links that reference those pads.
>
> Fix this by calling mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup() before
> mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup() to ensure all media entities are properly
> unregistered while the pads are still valid.
>
> Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> index 4bf8570e1b9e..2d639b789910 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> @@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ static void mxc_isi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(pipe);
> }
>
> - mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
> mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup(isi);
> + mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
> }
>
> static const struct of_device_id mxc_isi_of_match[] = {
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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* [PATCH v2 2/4] media: imx8-isi: add missing v4l2_subdev_cleanup() in crossbar and pipe
2026-05-06 3:12 [PATCH v2 0/4] media: imx8-isi: fix resource cleanup issues Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] media: imx8-isi: fix use-after-free on remove Xiaolei Wang
@ 2026-05-06 3:12 ` Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 12:35 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] media: imx8-isi: fix isi->pipes memory leak in probe and remove Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] media: imx8-isi: clean up already-initialized pipes on probe failure Xiaolei Wang
3 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Xiaolei Wang @ 2026-05-06 3:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: laurent.pinchart, mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam,
aisheng.dong, jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, Xiaolei.Wang
Cc: linux-media, imx, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
Both mxc_isi_crossbar_init() and mxc_isi_pipe_init() call
v4l2_subdev_init_finalize() which allocates the subdev active state,
but neither mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup() nor mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup()
calls v4l2_subdev_cleanup() to free it.
This causes a memory leak on every rmmod, reported by kmemleak:
unreferenced object 0xffff0000d06fc800 (size 192):
comm "(udev-worker)", pid 254, jiffies 4294913455
backtrace (crc 36eeae58):
kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40
__kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x5f8/0x7d8
__v4l2_subdev_state_alloc+0x1fc/0x30c
__v4l2_subdev_init_finalize+0x178/0x368
Add the missing v4l2_subdev_cleanup() calls before media_entity_cleanup()
in both crossbar and pipe cleanup paths.
Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
---
drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c | 1 +
drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
index 605a45124103..c580c831972e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ int mxc_isi_crossbar_init(struct mxc_isi_dev *isi)
void mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(struct mxc_isi_crossbar *xbar)
{
+ v4l2_subdev_cleanup(&xbar->sd);
media_entity_cleanup(&xbar->sd.entity);
kfree(xbar->pads);
kfree(xbar->inputs);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
index a41c51dd9ce0..cb50af2270f6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@ void mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(struct mxc_isi_pipe *pipe)
{
struct v4l2_subdev *sd = &pipe->sd;
+ v4l2_subdev_cleanup(sd);
media_entity_cleanup(&sd->entity);
mutex_destroy(&pipe->lock);
}
--
2.43.0
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2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] media: imx8-isi: add missing v4l2_subdev_cleanup() in crossbar and pipe Xiaolei Wang
@ 2026-05-06 12:35 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-05-06 14:23 ` xiaolei wang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Laurent Pinchart @ 2026-05-06 12:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xiaolei Wang
Cc: mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam, aisheng.dong,
jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, linux-media, imx,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
Hello Xiaolei,
Thank you for the patch.
On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:12:08AM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
> Both mxc_isi_crossbar_init() and mxc_isi_pipe_init() call
> v4l2_subdev_init_finalize() which allocates the subdev active state,
> but neither mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup() nor mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup()
> calls v4l2_subdev_cleanup() to free it.
>
> This causes a memory leak on every rmmod, reported by kmemleak:
>
> unreferenced object 0xffff0000d06fc800 (size 192):
> comm "(udev-worker)", pid 254, jiffies 4294913455
> backtrace (crc 36eeae58):
> kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40
> __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x5f8/0x7d8
> __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc+0x1fc/0x30c
> __v4l2_subdev_init_finalize+0x178/0x368
>
> Add the missing v4l2_subdev_cleanup() calls before media_entity_cleanup()
> in both crossbar and pipe cleanup paths.
>
> Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c | 1 +
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
> index 605a45124103..c580c831972e 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
> @@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ int mxc_isi_crossbar_init(struct mxc_isi_dev *isi)
>
> void mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(struct mxc_isi_crossbar *xbar)
> {
> + v4l2_subdev_cleanup(&xbar->sd);
> media_entity_cleanup(&xbar->sd.entity);
> kfree(xbar->pads);
> kfree(xbar->inputs);
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
> index a41c51dd9ce0..cb50af2270f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
> @@ -819,6 +819,7 @@ void mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(struct mxc_isi_pipe *pipe)
> {
> struct v4l2_subdev *sd = &pipe->sd;
>
> + v4l2_subdev_cleanup(sd);
v4l2_subdev_cleanup() should also be called in some of the error paths
of mxc_isi_pipe_init(). This can be done in a separate patch, so
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> media_entity_cleanup(&sd->entity);
> mutex_destroy(&pipe->lock);
> }
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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2026-05-06 12:35 ` Laurent Pinchart
@ 2026-05-06 14:23 ` xiaolei wang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: xiaolei wang @ 2026-05-06 14:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Laurent Pinchart
Cc: mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam, aisheng.dong,
jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, linux-media, imx,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
Hi Laurent,
Thank you for the review.
On 5/6/26 20:35, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> CAUTION: This email comes from a non Wind River email account!
> Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
>
> Hello Xiaolei,
>
> Thank you for the patch.
>
> On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:12:08AM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
>> Both mxc_isi_crossbar_init() and mxc_isi_pipe_init() call
>> v4l2_subdev_init_finalize() which allocates the subdev active state,
>> but neither mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup() nor mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup()
>> calls v4l2_subdev_cleanup() to free it.
>>
>> This causes a memory leak on every rmmod, reported by kmemleak:
>>
>> unreferenced object 0xffff0000d06fc800 (size 192):
>> comm "(udev-worker)", pid 254, jiffies 4294913455
>> backtrace (crc 36eeae58):
>> kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40
>> __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x5f8/0x7d8
>> __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc+0x1fc/0x30c
>> __v4l2_subdev_init_finalize+0x178/0x368
>>
>> Add the missing v4l2_subdev_cleanup() calls before media_entity_cleanup()
>> in both crossbar and pipe cleanup paths.
>>
>> Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c | 1 +
>> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c | 1 +
>> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
>> index 605a45124103..c580c831972e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-crossbar.c
>> @@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ int mxc_isi_crossbar_init(struct mxc_isi_dev *isi)
>>
>> void mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(struct mxc_isi_crossbar *xbar)
>> {
>> + v4l2_subdev_cleanup(&xbar->sd);
>> media_entity_cleanup(&xbar->sd.entity);
>> kfree(xbar->pads);
>> kfree(xbar->inputs);
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
>> index a41c51dd9ce0..cb50af2270f6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-pipe.c
>> @@ -819,6 +819,7 @@ void mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(struct mxc_isi_pipe *pipe)
>> {
>> struct v4l2_subdev *sd = &pipe->sd;
>>
>> + v4l2_subdev_cleanup(sd);
> v4l2_subdev_cleanup() should also be called in some of the error paths
> of mxc_isi_pipe_init(). This can be done in a separate patch, so
Yes, I'll send a follow-up patch to add v4l2_subdev_cleanup() in the
error paths of mxc_isi_pipe_init() after v4l2_subdev_init_finalize()
succeeds.
thanks
xiaolei
>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
>
>> media_entity_cleanup(&sd->entity);
>> mutex_destroy(&pipe->lock);
>> }
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart
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* [PATCH v2 3/4] media: imx8-isi: fix isi->pipes memory leak in probe and remove
2026-05-06 3:12 [PATCH v2 0/4] media: imx8-isi: fix resource cleanup issues Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] media: imx8-isi: fix use-after-free on remove Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] media: imx8-isi: add missing v4l2_subdev_cleanup() in crossbar and pipe Xiaolei Wang
@ 2026-05-06 3:12 ` Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 12:41 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] media: imx8-isi: clean up already-initialized pipes on probe failure Xiaolei Wang
3 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Xiaolei Wang @ 2026-05-06 3:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: laurent.pinchart, mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam,
aisheng.dong, jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, Xiaolei.Wang
Cc: linux-media, imx, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
mxc_isi_probe() allocates isi->pipes with kzalloc_objs() but never
frees it on any probe failure path or in mxc_isi_remove(), leaking
the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind.
Fix this by switching from kzalloc_objs() to devm_kcalloc(), which
ties the allocation lifetime to the device and eliminates the need
for explicit kfree() in all error paths and in mxc_isi_remove().
Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
---
drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
index 2d639b789910..2b76fb9c18f6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
isi->pdata = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
- isi->pipes = kzalloc_objs(isi->pipes[0], isi->pdata->num_channels);
+ isi->pipes = devm_kcalloc(dev, isi->pdata->num_channels,
+ sizeof(*isi->pipes), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!isi->pipes)
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.43.0
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2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] media: imx8-isi: fix isi->pipes memory leak in probe and remove Xiaolei Wang
@ 2026-05-06 12:41 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-05-06 14:29 ` xiaolei wang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Laurent Pinchart @ 2026-05-06 12:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xiaolei Wang
Cc: mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam, aisheng.dong,
jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, linux-media, imx,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
Hello Xiaolei,
Thank you for the patch.
On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:12:09AM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
> mxc_isi_probe() allocates isi->pipes with kzalloc_objs() but never
> frees it on any probe failure path or in mxc_isi_remove(), leaking
> the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind.
>
> Fix this by switching from kzalloc_objs() to devm_kcalloc(), which
> ties the allocation lifetime to the device and eliminates the need
> for explicit kfree() in all error paths and in mxc_isi_remove().
There's ongoing work to add a devm_kzalloc_objs(), to I'd rather not
revert to kcalloc. If you want to fix this leak now without waiting for
devm_kzalloc_objs(), I would prefer adding kfree() in error paths and in
mxc_isi_remove().
> Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> index 2d639b789910..2b76fb9c18f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> @@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> isi->pdata = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
>
> - isi->pipes = kzalloc_objs(isi->pipes[0], isi->pdata->num_channels);
> + isi->pipes = devm_kcalloc(dev, isi->pdata->num_channels,
> + sizeof(*isi->pipes), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!isi->pipes)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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2026-05-06 12:41 ` Laurent Pinchart
@ 2026-05-06 14:29 ` xiaolei wang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: xiaolei wang @ 2026-05-06 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Laurent Pinchart
Cc: mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam, aisheng.dong,
jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, linux-media, imx,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
Hi Laurent,
Thanks for the review
On 5/6/26 20:41, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
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> Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
>
> Hello Xiaolei,
>
> Thank you for the patch.
>
> On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:12:09AM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
>> mxc_isi_probe() allocates isi->pipes with kzalloc_objs() but never
>> frees it on any probe failure path or in mxc_isi_remove(), leaking
>> the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind.
>>
>> Fix this by switching from kzalloc_objs() to devm_kcalloc(), which
>> ties the allocation lifetime to the device and eliminates the need
>> for explicit kfree() in all error paths and in mxc_isi_remove().
> There's ongoing work to add a devm_kzalloc_objs(), to I'd rather not
> revert to kcalloc. If you want to fix this leak now without waiting for
> devm_kzalloc_objs(), I would prefer adding kfree() in error paths and in
> mxc_isi_remove().
Thanks for the suggestion. I agree that waiting for devm_kzalloc_objs()
is the reasonable approach.
thanks
xiaolei
>
>> Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
>> index 2d639b789910..2b76fb9c18f6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
>> @@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>
>> isi->pdata = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
>>
>> - isi->pipes = kzalloc_objs(isi->pipes[0], isi->pdata->num_channels);
>> + isi->pipes = devm_kcalloc(dev, isi->pdata->num_channels,
>> + sizeof(*isi->pipes), GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!isi->pipes)
>> return -ENOMEM;
>>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart
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* [PATCH v2 4/4] media: imx8-isi: clean up already-initialized pipes on probe failure
2026-05-06 3:12 [PATCH v2 0/4] media: imx8-isi: fix resource cleanup issues Xiaolei Wang
` (2 preceding siblings ...)
2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] media: imx8-isi: fix isi->pipes memory leak in probe and remove Xiaolei Wang
@ 2026-05-06 3:12 ` Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 14:19 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-05-06 14:25 ` Frank Li
3 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Xiaolei Wang @ 2026-05-06 3:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: laurent.pinchart, mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam,
aisheng.dong, jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, Xiaolei.Wang
Cc: linux-media, imx, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
When mxc_isi_pipe_init() fails partway through the channel loop or
when mxc_isi_v4l2_init() fails, the already initialized pipes are
not cleaned up.
Fix this by calling mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup() for each already-initialized
pipe in the err_xbar error path.
Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
---
drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
index 2b76fb9c18f6..8533a979d60a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;
err_xbar:
+ while (i--)
+ mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(&isi->pipes[i]);
mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
return ret;
--
2.43.0
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2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] media: imx8-isi: clean up already-initialized pipes on probe failure Xiaolei Wang
@ 2026-05-06 14:19 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-05-06 14:25 ` Frank Li
1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Laurent Pinchart @ 2026-05-06 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xiaolei Wang
Cc: mchehab, Frank.li, s.hauer, kernel, festevam, aisheng.dong,
jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, linux-media, imx,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
Hello Xiaolei,
Thank you for the patch.
On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:12:10AM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
> When mxc_isi_pipe_init() fails partway through the channel loop or
> when mxc_isi_v4l2_init() fails, the already initialized pipes are
> not cleaned up.
>
> Fix this by calling mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup() for each already-initialized
> pipe in the err_xbar error path.
>
> Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> ---
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> index 2b76fb9c18f6..8533a979d60a 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> @@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return 0;
>
> err_xbar:
> + while (i--)
> + mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(&isi->pipes[i]);
> mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
>
> return ret;
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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2026-05-06 3:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] media: imx8-isi: clean up already-initialized pipes on probe failure Xiaolei Wang
2026-05-06 14:19 ` Laurent Pinchart
@ 2026-05-06 14:25 ` Frank Li
1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Frank Li @ 2026-05-06 14:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xiaolei Wang
Cc: laurent.pinchart, mchehab, s.hauer, kernel, festevam,
aisheng.dong, jacopo, guoniu.zhou, s.riedmueller, linux-media,
imx, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, stable
On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 11:12:10AM +0800, Xiaolei Wang wrote:
> When mxc_isi_pipe_init() fails partway through the channel loop or
> when mxc_isi_v4l2_init() fails, the already initialized pipes are
> not cleaned up.
>
> Fix this by calling mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup() for each already-initialized
> pipe in the err_xbar error path.
>
> Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@windriver.com>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
> drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> index 2b76fb9c18f6..8533a979d60a 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
> @@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return 0;
>
> err_xbar:
> + while (i--)
> + mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(&isi->pipes[i]);
> mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
>
> return ret;
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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