[PATCH] media: amphion: Fix race between m2m job_abort and device_run

From: ming . qian

Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 02:01:28 EST


From: Ming Qian <ming.qian@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Fix kernel panic caused by race condition where v4l2_m2m_ctx_release()
frees m2m_ctx while v4l2_m2m_try_run() is about to call device_run
with the same context.

Race sequence:
v4l2_m2m_try_run(): v4l2_m2m_ctx_release():
lock/unlock v4l2_m2m_cancel_job()
job_abort()
v4l2_m2m_job_finish()
kfree(m2m_ctx) <- frees ctx
device_run() <- use-after-free crash at 0x538

Crash trace:
Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address
0000000000000538
v4l2_m2m_try_run+0x78/0x138
v4l2_m2m_device_run_work+0x14/0x20

The amphion vpu driver does not rely on the m2m framework's device_run
callback to perform encode/decode operations.

Fix the race by preventing m2m framework job scheduling entirely:
- Add job_ready callback returning 0 (no jobs ready for m2m framework)
- Remove job_abort callback to avoid the race condition

Fixes: 3cd084519c6f ("media: amphion: add vpu v4l2 m2m support")
Signed-off-by: Ming Qian <ming.qian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/platform/amphion/vpu_v4l2.c | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/amphion/vpu_v4l2.c b/drivers/media/platform/amphion/vpu_v4l2.c
index 64fc88d89ccc..7cccc994fc50 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/amphion/vpu_v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/amphion/vpu_v4l2.c
@@ -447,17 +447,14 @@ static void vpu_m2m_device_run(void *priv)
{
}

-static void vpu_m2m_job_abort(void *priv)
+static int vpu_m2m_job_ready(void *priv)
{
- struct vpu_inst *inst = priv;
- struct v4l2_m2m_ctx *m2m_ctx = inst->fh.m2m_ctx;
-
- v4l2_m2m_job_finish(m2m_ctx->m2m_dev, m2m_ctx);
+ return 0;
}

static const struct v4l2_m2m_ops vpu_m2m_ops = {
.device_run = vpu_m2m_device_run,
- .job_abort = vpu_m2m_job_abort
+ .job_ready = vpu_m2m_job_ready,
};

static int vpu_vb2_queue_setup(struct vb2_queue *vq,

base-commit: f505e978d1a0442adbbde48aed38c084ddea6d6e
prerequisite-patch-id: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--
2.52.0