Re: [PATCH] media: cedrus: fix memory leak in cedrus_init_ctrls()
From: Jernej Škrabec
Date: Sat Jun 27 2026 - 02:39:13 EST
Dne sreda, 24. junij 2026 ob 10:59:20 Srednjeevropski poletni čas je Dawei Feng napisal(a):
> 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>
Acked-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@xxxxxxxxx>
Best regards,
Jernej