[PATCH v1] media: i2c: alvium: fix critical pointer access in alvium_ctrl_init

From: Martin Hecht

Date: Thu May 07 2026 - 12:36:35 EST


The current implementation of alvium_ctrl_init creates several controls
in function alvium_ctrl_init and uses the returned pointer without
check. That can cause write access over NULL-pointer for several
controls.
The reworked code checks the pointers before adding flags and also it
creates controls for V4L2_CID_BLUE_BALANCE and V4L2_CID_RED_BALANCE only
if supported by the particular camera model.

Fixes: 0a7af872915e ("media: i2c: Add support for alvium camera")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Martin Hecht <mhecht73@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/i2c/alvium-csi2.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/alvium-csi2.c b/drivers/media/i2c/alvium-csi2.c
index b62b45a4f2fc..947b32950efa 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/alvium-csi2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/alvium-csi2.c
@@ -2100,34 +2100,41 @@ static int alvium_ctrl_init(struct alvium_dev *alvium)
V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE, 0,
ALVIUM_DEFAULT_PIXEL_RATE_MHZ, 1,
ALVIUM_DEFAULT_PIXEL_RATE_MHZ);
- ctrls->pixel_rate->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY;
+ if (ctrls->pixel_rate)
+ ctrls->pixel_rate->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY;

/* Link freq is fixed */
ctrls->link_freq = v4l2_ctrl_new_int_menu(hdl, ops,
V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ,
0, 0, &alvium->link_freq);
- ctrls->link_freq->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY;
-
- /* Auto/manual white balance */
+ if (ctrls->link_freq)
+ ctrls->link_freq->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY;
+
+ /* manual white balance */
+ if (alvium->avail_ft.whiteb) {
+ ctrls->blue_balance = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
+ V4L2_CID_BLUE_BALANCE,
+ alvium->min_bbalance,
+ alvium->max_bbalance,
+ alvium->inc_bbalance,
+ alvium->dft_bbalance);
+
+ ctrls->red_balance = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
+ V4L2_CID_RED_BALANCE,
+ alvium->min_rbalance,
+ alvium->max_rbalance,
+ alvium->inc_rbalance,
+ alvium->dft_rbalance);
+ }
+
+ /* Auto white balance */
if (alvium->avail_ft.auto_whiteb) {
ctrls->auto_wb = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
V4L2_CID_AUTO_WHITE_BALANCE,
0, 1, 1, 1);
- v4l2_ctrl_auto_cluster(3, &ctrls->auto_wb, 0, false);
- }
-
- ctrls->blue_balance = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
- V4L2_CID_BLUE_BALANCE,
- alvium->min_bbalance,
- alvium->max_bbalance,
- alvium->inc_bbalance,
- alvium->dft_bbalance);
- ctrls->red_balance = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
- V4L2_CID_RED_BALANCE,
- alvium->min_rbalance,
- alvium->max_rbalance,
- alvium->inc_rbalance,
- alvium->dft_rbalance);
+ if (ctrls->auto_wb)
+ v4l2_ctrl_auto_cluster(3, &ctrls->auto_wb, 0, false);
+ }

/* Auto/manual exposure */
if (alvium->avail_ft.auto_exp) {
@@ -2136,7 +2143,9 @@ static int alvium_ctrl_init(struct alvium_dev *alvium)
V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_AUTO,
V4L2_EXPOSURE_MANUAL, 0,
V4L2_EXPOSURE_AUTO);
- v4l2_ctrl_auto_cluster(2, &ctrls->auto_exp, 1, true);
+ if (ctrls->auto_exp)
+ v4l2_ctrl_auto_cluster(2, &ctrls->auto_exp,
+ V4L2_EXPOSURE_MANUAL, true);
}

ctrls->exposure = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
@@ -2145,15 +2154,8 @@ static int alvium_ctrl_init(struct alvium_dev *alvium)
alvium->max_exp,
alvium->inc_exp,
alvium->dft_exp);
- ctrls->exposure->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE;
-
- /* Auto/manual gain */
- if (alvium->avail_ft.auto_gain) {
- ctrls->auto_gain = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
- V4L2_CID_AUTOGAIN,
- 0, 1, 1, 1);
- v4l2_ctrl_auto_cluster(2, &ctrls->auto_gain, 0, true);
- }
+ if (ctrls->exposure)
+ ctrls->exposure->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE;

if (alvium->avail_ft.gain) {
ctrls->gain = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
@@ -2162,7 +2164,17 @@ static int alvium_ctrl_init(struct alvium_dev *alvium)
alvium->max_gain,
alvium->inc_gain,
alvium->dft_gain);
- ctrls->gain->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE;
+ if (ctrls->gain)
+ ctrls->gain->flags |= V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE;
+ }
+
+ /* Auto/manual gain */
+ if (alvium->avail_ft.auto_gain) {
+ ctrls->auto_gain = v4l2_ctrl_new_std(hdl, ops,
+ V4L2_CID_AUTOGAIN,
+ 0, 1, 1, 1);
+ if (ctrls->auto_gain)
+ v4l2_ctrl_auto_cluster(2, &ctrls->auto_gain, 0, true);
}

if (alvium->avail_ft.sat)
--
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