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
next 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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