[PATCH] media: i2c: ov02a10: fix endpoint parsing use-after-free and error leak

From: Biren Pandya

Date: Sat Jun 13 2026 - 04:32:52 EST


The ov02a10_check_hwcfg() function calls fwnode_handle_put(ep)
immediately after allocating and parsing the endpoint. However, it
subsequently calls fwnode_property_read_u32() using the same 'ep'
handle, leading to a potential use-after-free.

Additionally, reading the optional 'ovti,mipi-clock-voltage' property
used to overwrite the 'ret' variable. If the property was missing,
'ret' would become negative, and this failure code would be incorrectly
returned at the end of the function, causing probe to fail entirely.

Fix the use-after-free by moving fwnode_handle_put(ep) to the end of
the endpoint property reading block, and adding it to the error path of
v4l2_fwnode_endpoint_alloc_parse().

Fix the error leak by avoiding assigning the result of
fwnode_property_read_u32() to 'ret'.

Fixes: cf10e09b9a4b ("media: i2c: Add OV02A10 image sensor driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Biren Pandya <birenpandya@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/i2c/ov02a10.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov02a10.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov02a10.c
index 143dcfe..53ff86b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov02a10.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov02a10.c
@@ -821,9 +821,10 @@ static int ov02a10_check_hwcfg(struct device *dev, struct ov02a10 *ov02a10)
return -ENXIO;

ret = v4l2_fwnode_endpoint_alloc_parse(ep, &bus_cfg);
- fwnode_handle_put(ep);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ fwnode_handle_put(ep);
return ret;
+ }

/* Optional indication of MIPI clock voltage unit */
ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(ep, "ovti,mipi-clock-voltage",
@@ -832,6 +833,8 @@ static int ov02a10_check_hwcfg(struct device *dev, struct ov02a10 *ov02a10)
if (!ret)
ov02a10->mipi_clock_voltage = clk_volt;

+ fwnode_handle_put(ep);
+
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(link_freq_menu_items); i++) {
for (j = 0; j < bus_cfg.nr_of_link_frequencies; j++) {
if (link_freq_menu_items[i] ==
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)