[PATCH] media: stm32: csi: fix async notifier leak and UAF on probe error and remove

From: Cong Nguyen

Date: Sat Aug 08 2026 - 04:55:43 EST


stm32_csi_parse_dt() registers the V4L2 async notifier with
v4l2_async_nf_register(). Two teardown paths fail to undo this:

- The probe error label err_cleanup is only reached after
stm32_csi_parse_dt() has succeeded (and thus registered the
notifier), but it calls only v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(), never
v4l2_async_nf_unregister().

- stm32_csi_remove() unregisters the subdev but never unregisters or
cleans up the notifier at all.

In both cases the notifier stays chained in the global notifier_list
while the enclosing struct stm32_csi_dev is freed by devres, leading to
list corruption and a use-after-free when the list is next walked.

Unregister and clean up the notifier on both paths, matching the
required v4l2_async_nf_unregister() + v4l2_async_nf_cleanup() teardown.

Fixes: dcb0f4c16be5 ("media: stm32: csi: addition of the STM32 CSI driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4
Signed-off-by: Cong Nguyen <congnt264@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/platform/st/stm32/stm32-csi.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/st/stm32/stm32-csi.c b/drivers/media/platform/st/stm32/stm32-csi.c
index fd2b6dfbd44c..65800aacf28d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/st/stm32/stm32-csi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/st/stm32/stm32-csi.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@ static int stm32_csi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;

err_cleanup:
+ v4l2_async_nf_unregister(&csidev->notifier);
v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(&csidev->notifier);
return ret;
}
@@ -1069,6 +1070,9 @@ static void stm32_csi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

v4l2_async_unregister_subdev(&csidev->sd);

+ v4l2_async_nf_unregister(&csidev->notifier);
+ v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(&csidev->notifier);
+
pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
}

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