[PATCH] staging: most: video: fix potential race in list iteration

From: Minu Jin

Date: Tue Feb 03 2026 - 06:38:00 EST


There is a pattern in the loops where the lock is dropped
to call a specific function and then re-acquired.

The list can be exposed during this short gap, creating a potential
race condition. This patch fixes the problem by moving nodes to a
local list while holding the lock, instead of using the
unlock/lock pattern in the loop.

Signed-off-by: Minu Jin <s9430939@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/most/video/video.c | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
index 32f71d9a9cf7..e7db58e5746a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static int comp_vdev_close(struct file *filp)
struct comp_fh *fh = to_comp_fh(filp);
struct most_video_dev *mdev = fh->mdev;
struct mbo *mbo, *tmp;
+ LIST_HEAD(free_list);

/*
* We need to put MBOs back before we call most_stop_channel()
@@ -134,12 +135,15 @@ static int comp_vdev_close(struct file *filp)
spin_lock_irq(&mdev->list_lock);
mdev->mute = true;
list_for_each_entry_safe(mbo, tmp, &mdev->pending_mbos, list) {
- list_del(&mbo->list);
- spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->list_lock);
- most_put_mbo(mbo);
- spin_lock_irq(&mdev->list_lock);
+ list_move(&mbo->list, &free_list);
}
spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->list_lock);
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(mbo, tmp, &free_list, list) {
+ list_del_init(&mbo->list);
+ most_put_mbo(mbo);
+ }
+
most_stop_channel(mdev->iface, mdev->ch_idx, &comp);
mdev->mute = false;

@@ -554,6 +558,7 @@ static int __init comp_init(void)
static void __exit comp_exit(void)
{
struct most_video_dev *mdev, *tmp;
+ LIST_HEAD(free_list);

/*
* As the mostcore currently doesn't call disconnect_channel()
@@ -563,15 +568,16 @@ static void __exit comp_exit(void)
*/
spin_lock_irq(&list_lock);
list_for_each_entry_safe(mdev, tmp, &video_devices, list) {
- list_del(&mdev->list);
- spin_unlock_irq(&list_lock);
+ list_move(&mdev->list, &free_list);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irq(&list_lock);

+ list_for_each_entry_safe(mdev, tmp, &free_list, list) {
+ list_del_init(&mdev->list);
comp_unregister_videodev(mdev);
v4l2_device_disconnect(&mdev->v4l2_dev);
v4l2_device_put(&mdev->v4l2_dev);
- spin_lock_irq(&list_lock);
}
- spin_unlock_irq(&list_lock);

most_deregister_configfs_subsys(&comp);
most_deregister_component(&comp);
--
2.43.0