From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Dawei Feng" <dawei.feng@seu.edu.cn>
Cc: linux-sunxi@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: cedrus: fix memory leak in cedrus_init_ctrls()
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:10:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260624091042.E85681F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260624085920.578446-1-dawei.feng@seu.edu.cn>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Incorrect array size calculation for `ctx->ctrls` allocates insufficient space for the NULL terminator, leading to a KASAN slab-out-of-bounds read and possible wild pointer dereference.
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commit 6bc123052b636ba4d4950902c21d137fa64fd53c
Author: Dawei Feng <dawei.feng@seu.edu.cn>
media: cedrus: fix memory leak in cedrus_init_ctrls()
This commit fixes a memory leak in cedrus_init_ctrls() by freeing the V4L2
control handler resources if the memory allocation for the controls array
fails.
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
> index bbd186b8035b2..96acd52e380c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
> @@ -285,8 +285,10 @@ static int cedrus_init_ctrls(struct cedrus_dev *dev, struct cedrus_ctx *ctx)
> ctrl_size = sizeof(ctrl) * CEDRUS_CONTROLS_COUNT + 1;
[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but does this correctly allocate
enough space for the NULL terminator?
It appears to add 1 byte instead of sizeof(ctrl), allocating insufficient
space. The remaining bytes of the terminator pointer could be left
uninitialized.
When checking the array bounds in cedrus_find_control_data():
for (i = 0; ctx->ctrls[i]; i++)
if (ctx->ctrls[i]->id == id)
Could this read the improperly sized terminator, leading to a KASAN
slab-out-of-bounds read and a wild pointer dereference?
>
> ctx->ctrls = kzalloc(ctrl_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!ctx->ctrls)
> + if (!ctx->ctrls) {
> + v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(hdl);
> return -ENOMEM;
> + }
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260624085920.578446-1-dawei.feng@seu.edu.cn?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-24 9:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-24 8:59 [PATCH] media: cedrus: fix memory leak in cedrus_init_ctrls() Dawei Feng
2026-06-24 9:10 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-06-24 11:50 ` Dan Carpenter
2026-06-27 6:38 ` Jernej Škrabec
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