[PATCH] media: v4l2-core: Fix Use-After-Free in v4l2_subdev_get_fwnode_pad_1_to_1

From: Biren Pandya

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 05:25:38 EST


v4l2_subdev_get_fwnode_pad_1_to_1() drops the fwnode reference via
fwnode_handle_put() before passing it to device_match_fwnode(). This
creates a Use-After-Free vulnerability. If the freed memory is instantly
reallocated by SLUB, the pointer comparison could accidentally match
the wrong pad or trigger a KASAN panic.

Fix this by using the __free(fwnode_handle) scoped guard. This safely
binds the fwnode lifecycle to the function scope, holding the reference
during the match and releasing it automatically upon return.

Signed-off-by: Biren Pandya <birenpandya@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
index 831c69c958b8..e6b133ef7850 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-subdev.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* Contact: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxx>
*/
-
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/leds.h>
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ const struct v4l2_file_operations v4l2_subdev_fops = {
int v4l2_subdev_get_fwnode_pad_1_to_1(struct media_entity *entity,
struct fwnode_endpoint *endpoint)
{
- struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
+ struct fwnode_handle *fwnode __free(fwnode_handle) = NULL;
struct v4l2_subdev *sd;

if (!is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(entity))
@@ -1252,7 +1252,6 @@ int v4l2_subdev_get_fwnode_pad_1_to_1(struct media_entity *entity,
sd = media_entity_to_v4l2_subdev(entity);

fwnode = fwnode_graph_get_port_parent(endpoint->local_fwnode);
- fwnode_handle_put(fwnode);

if (device_match_fwnode(sd->dev, fwnode))
return endpoint->port;

--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)