[PATCH v6 7/8] media: meson: vdec: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ISR handlers

From: Anand Moon

Date: Sat May 30 2026 - 05:47:10 EST


The hard interrupt handler (vdec_isr) and the threaded interrupt handler
(vdec_threaded_isr) directly read core->cur_sess without synchronization
or validation. If a streaming teardown concurrently clears core->cur_sess
to NULL while an interrupt is being processed, a NULL pointer dereference
occurs when accessing the session fields or codec operations.

Fix this race condition by using READ_ONCE() to obtain a stable, atomic
snapshot of core->cur_sess. Check if the returned session pointer is NULL,
and return IRQ_NONE immediately if the session has already been torn down.

Cc: Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260521090944.F35401F00A3D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: 3e7f51bd9607 ("media: meson: add v4l2 m2m video decoder driver")
Signed-off-by: Anand Moon <linux.amoon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c
index f99335effe17..3897c75b19c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec.c
@@ -996,17 +996,36 @@ static const struct v4l2_file_operations vdec_fops = {
static irqreturn_t vdec_isr(int irq, void *data)
{
struct amvdec_core *core = data;
- struct amvdec_session *sess = core->cur_sess;
+ struct amvdec_session *sess;
+ irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_HANDLED;
+
+ /*
+ * Use READ_ONCE to secure an atomic snapshot of the pointer,
+ * protecting against concurrent clearing during streaming
+ * teardowns.
+ */
+ sess = READ_ONCE(core->cur_sess);
+ if (!sess)
+ return IRQ_NONE;

sess->last_irq_jiffies = get_jiffies_64();
+ ret = sess->fmt_out->codec_ops->isr(sess);

- return sess->fmt_out->codec_ops->isr(sess);
+ return ret;
}

static irqreturn_t vdec_threaded_isr(int irq, void *data)
{
struct amvdec_core *core = data;
- struct amvdec_session *sess = core->cur_sess;
+ struct amvdec_session *sess;
+
+ /*
+ * Prevent late-stage threaded interrupts from dereferencing a NULL
+ * session.
+ */
+ sess = READ_ONCE(core->cur_sess);
+ if (!sess)
+ return IRQ_NONE;

return sess->fmt_out->codec_ops->threaded_isr(sess);
}
--
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