[PATCH 6.19 575/844] media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe()

From: Sasha Levin

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 14:29:54 EST


From: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit cad237b6c875fbee5d353a2b289e98d240d17ec8 ]

In one of the error paths in tw9906_probe(), the memory allocated in
v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std() is not freed. Fix that
by calling v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() on the handler in that error path.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: a000e9a02b58 ("[media] tw9906: add Techwell tw9906 video decoder")
Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/i2c/tw9906.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/tw9906.c b/drivers/media/i2c/tw9906.c
index 6220f4fddbabc..0ab43fe42d7f4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/tw9906.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/tw9906.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static int tw9906_probe(struct i2c_client *client)

if (write_regs(sd, initial_registers) < 0) {
v4l2_err(client, "error initializing TW9906\n");
+ v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(hdl);
return -EINVAL;
}

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2.51.0