[bug report] media: iris: gen1: Destroy internal buffers after FW releases

From: Dan Carpenter

Date: Fri Feb 06 2026 - 08:45:13 EST


[ Smatch checking is paused while we raise funding. #SadFace
https://lore.kernel.org/all/aTaiGSbWZ9DJaGo7@stanley.mountain/ -dan ]

Hello Dikshita Agarwal,

Commit 1dabf00ee206 ("media: iris: gen1: Destroy internal buffers
after FW releases") from Dec 29, 2025 (linux-next), leads to the
following Smatch static checker warning:

drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c:588 iris_release_internal_buffers()
error: dereferencing freed memory 'buffer' (line 585)

drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c
572 static int iris_release_internal_buffers(struct iris_inst *inst,
573 enum iris_buffer_type buffer_type)
574 {
575 const struct iris_hfi_command_ops *hfi_ops = inst->core->hfi_ops;
576 struct iris_buffers *buffers = &inst->buffers[buffer_type];
577 struct iris_buffer *buffer, *next;
578 int ret;
579
580 list_for_each_entry_safe(buffer, next, &buffers->list, list) {
581 if (buffer->attr & BUF_ATTR_PENDING_RELEASE)
582 continue;
583 if (!(buffer->attr & BUF_ATTR_QUEUED))
584 continue;
585 ret = hfi_ops->session_release_buf(inst, buffer);

The commit adds a free of buffer to ->session_release_buf().

586 if (ret)
587 return ret;
--> 588 buffer->attr |= BUF_ATTR_PENDING_RELEASE;
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Use after free.

589 }
590
591 return 0;
592 }

regards,
dan carpenter