Re: [PATCH v3] media: atomisp: Fix memory leak in atomisp_fixed_pattern_table()

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 01:56:59PM +0000, Zilin Guan wrote:
> atomisp_v4l2_framebuffer_to_css_frame() allocates memory for
> temporary variable raw_black_frame, which must be released via
> ia_css_frame_free() before the function returns. However, if
> sh_css_set_black_frame() fails, the function returns immediately without
> performing this cleanup, leading to a memory leak.
> 
> Fix this by assigning the return value of sh_css_set_black_frame() to
> ret. This ensures that the error code is propagated while allowing the
> execution to fall through to the ia_css_frame_free() cleanup call.
> 
> The bug was originally detected on v6.13-rc1 using an experimental
> static analysis tool we are developing, and we have verified that the
> issue persists in the latest mainline kernel. The tool is based on the
> LLVM framework and is specifically designed to detect memory management
> issues. It is currently under active development and not yet publicly
> available.
> 
> We performed build testing on x86_64 with allyesconfig. Since triggering
> this error path in atomisp requires specific Intel Atom ISP hardware and
> firmware, we were unable to perform runtime testing and instead verified
> the fix according to the code logic.

> Fixes: 85b606e02ad7 ("media: atomisp: get rid of a bunch of other wrappers")
> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>

I haven't suggested this patch. I only provided a hint on a better
implementation, so there are no grounds to have this tag to be here.

Replace that with

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
as current version LGTM.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko