[PATCH] media: vivid: fix cleanup bugs in vivid_init()

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 12:22:21 EST


When platform_device_register() fails in vivid_init(), the embedded
struct device in vivid_pdev has already been initialized by
device_initialize(), but the failure path jumps to free_output_strings
without dropping the device reference for the current platform device:

vivid_init()
-> platform_device_register(&vivid_pdev)
-> device_initialize(&vivid_pdev.dev)
-> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&vivid_pdev)
-> platform_device_add(&vivid_pdev)

This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.
Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before jumping to the common
cleanup path.

Also, the unreg_driver label incorrectly calls
platform_driver_register() instead of platform_driver_unregister(),
which breaks cleanup when workqueue creation fails after successful
driver registration. Fix that as well.

The reference leak was identified by a static analysis tool I developed
and confirmed by manual review. The incorrect cleanup call was found
during code inspection.

Fixes: f46d740fb0258 ("[media] vivid: turn this into a platform_device")
Fixes: d7c969f37515d ("media: vivid: Add 'Is Connected To' menu controls")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c
index c8bf9b4d406c..62cfb5feb2cf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-core.c
@@ -2289,8 +2289,10 @@ static int __init vivid_init(void)
}
}
ret = platform_device_register(&vivid_pdev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ platform_device_put(&vivid_pdev);
goto free_output_strings;
+ }
ret = platform_driver_register(&vivid_pdrv);
if (ret)
goto unreg_device;
@@ -2311,7 +2313,7 @@ static int __init vivid_init(void)
destroy_hdmi_wq:
destroy_workqueue(update_hdmi_ctrls_workqueue);
unreg_driver:
- platform_driver_register(&vivid_pdrv);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&vivid_pdrv);
unreg_device:
platform_device_unregister(&vivid_pdev);
free_output_strings:
--
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