[PATCH] media: cedrus: fix memory leak in cedrus_init_ctrls()
From: Dawei Feng
Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 04:59:56 EST
In cedrus_init_ctrls(), the V4L2 control handler is initialized before
allocating memory for ctx->ctrls. If this allocation fails, the function
returns -ENOMEM without freeing the previously allocated handler
resources, leading to a memory leak.
Fix this by calling v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() on the ctx->ctrls allocation
failure path.
The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are
developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing
v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly
available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still
present in v7.1.1.
An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have an
Allwinner SoC or board with a Cedrus VPU available to test with, no
runtime testing was able to be performed.
Fixes: 50e761516f2b ("media: platform: Add Cedrus VPU decoder driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dawei Feng <dawei.feng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
index bbd186b8035b..96acd52e380c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
@@ -285,8 +285,10 @@ static int cedrus_init_ctrls(struct cedrus_dev *dev, struct cedrus_ctx *ctx)
ctrl_size = sizeof(ctrl) * CEDRUS_CONTROLS_COUNT + 1;
ctx->ctrls = kzalloc(ctrl_size, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!ctx->ctrls)
+ if (!ctx->ctrls) {
+ v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(hdl);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
j = 0;
for (i = 0; i < CEDRUS_CONTROLS_COUNT; i++) {
--
2.34.1