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From: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
To: Mirela Rabulea <mirela.rabulea@nxp.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
	Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>,
	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
	Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@kernel.org>,
	imx@lists.linux.dev, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] media: imx-jpeg: avoid double free on video register failure
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 21:02:59 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260518130259.1001956-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com> (raw)

mxc_jpeg_probe() allocates a video_device with video_device_alloc() and
releases it from the err_vdev_register error path if
video_register_device() fails.

This can double free the video_device when __video_register_device()
reaches device_register() and that call fails:

  video_register_device()
    -> __video_register_device()
       -> device_register() fails
          -> put_device(&vdev->dev)
             -> v4l2_device_release()
                -> vdev->release(vdev)
                   -> video_device_release(vdev)

  mxc_jpeg_probe()
    -> err_vdev_register
       -> video_device_release(jpeg->dec_vdev)

Use video_device_release_empty() while registering the device so that
registration failure paths do not free jpeg->dec_vdev through
vdev->release(). mxc_jpeg_probe() then releases jpeg->dec_vdev exactly
once from err_vdev_register. Restore video_device_release() after
successful registration so the registered device keeps its normal lifetime
handling.

This issue was found by a static analysis tool I am developing.

Fixes: 2db16c6ed72c ("media: imx-jpeg: Add V4L2 driver for i.MX8 JPEG Encoder/Decoder")
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c
index b442dcba02e7..fe8a373576ef 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-jpeg/mxc-jpeg.c
@@ -2943,7 +2943,7 @@ static int mxc_jpeg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	jpeg->dec_vdev->fops = &mxc_jpeg_fops;
 	jpeg->dec_vdev->ioctl_ops = &mxc_jpeg_ioctl_ops;
 	jpeg->dec_vdev->minor = -1;
-	jpeg->dec_vdev->release = video_device_release;
+	jpeg->dec_vdev->release = video_device_release_empty;
 	jpeg->dec_vdev->lock = &jpeg->lock; /* lock for ioctl serialization */
 	jpeg->dec_vdev->v4l2_dev = &jpeg->v4l2_dev;
 	jpeg->dec_vdev->vfl_dir = VFL_DIR_M2M;
@@ -2962,6 +2962,8 @@ static int mxc_jpeg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register video device\n");
 		goto err_vdev_register;
 	}
+	jpeg->dec_vdev->release = video_device_release;
+
 	if (mode == MXC_JPEG_ENCODE)
 		v4l2_info(&jpeg->v4l2_dev,
 			  "encoder device registered as /dev/video%d (%d,%d)\n",
-- 
2.43.0



             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-18 13:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-18 13:02 Guangshuo Li [this message]
2026-05-25 14:04 ` [PATCH] media: imx-jpeg: avoid double free on video register failure Mirela Rabulea
2026-05-26  5:52   ` Guangshuo Li

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