[PATCH v2] media: nuvoton: npcm-video: quiesce VCD IRQ before teardown

From: Fan Wu

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 06:17:54 EST


The VCD IRQ is devm-requested, but npcm_video_remove() frees the video
object before devres releases that IRQ. The threaded handler dereferences
video->vcd_regmap before checking VIDEO_STREAMING, so an interrupt in that
interval can access freed memory.

Request the IRQ with IRQF_NO_AUTOEN. Enable it after starting capture and
setting VIDEO_STREAMING, and disable it first in stop_streaming().
disable_irq() waits for an in-flight threaded handler to finish, after
which stop_streaming() can mask and reset the VCD without a handler
re-enabling it.

Use vb2_video_unregister_device() during remove. It releases the vb2
queue and calls stop_streaming() for an active stream, ensuring that the
IRQ is disabled before the video object is freed. Do not release the queue
separately.

If streaming is never started, IRQF_NO_AUTOEN keeps the IRQ disabled
until devres releases it.

This issue was found by an in-house static analysis tool.

Fixes: 46c15a4ff1f4 ("media: nuvoton: Add driver for NPCM video capture and encoding engine")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <fanwu01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Follow Hans Verkuil's suggestion to tie IRQ enablement to the streaming
lifecycle (IRQF_NO_AUTOEN + enable_irq/disable_irq) and to use
vb2_video_unregister_device() for teardown.

Compile-tested only; I do not have NPCM hardware, so runtime testing by
the Nuvoton maintainers would be appreciated.
---
drivers/media/platform/nuvoton/npcm-video.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nuvoton/npcm-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/nuvoton/npcm-video.c
index 52505af35c08..c28d9d7edd83 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nuvoton/npcm-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nuvoton/npcm-video.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct npcm_video {

struct list_head buffers;
struct mutex buffer_lock; /* buffer list lock */
+ int irq;
unsigned long flags;
unsigned int sequence;

@@ -1486,6 +1487,7 @@ static int npcm_video_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int count)
}

set_bit(VIDEO_STREAMING, &video->flags);
+ enable_irq(video->irq);
return 0;
}

@@ -1494,6 +1496,7 @@ static void npcm_video_stop_streaming(struct vb2_queue *q)
struct npcm_video *video = vb2_get_drv_priv(q);
struct regmap *vcd = video->vcd_regmap;

+ disable_irq(video->irq);
clear_bit(VIDEO_STREAMING, &video->flags);
regmap_write(vcd, VCD_INTE, 0);
regmap_write(vcd, VCD_STAT, VCD_STAT_CLEAR);
@@ -1707,9 +1710,10 @@ static int npcm_video_init(struct npcm_video *video)
dev_err(dev, "Failed to find VCD IRQ\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
+ video->irq = irq;

rc = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, irq, NULL, npcm_video_irq,
- IRQF_ONESHOT, DEVICE_NAME, video);
+ IRQF_ONESHOT | IRQF_NO_AUTOEN, DEVICE_NAME, video);
if (rc < 0) {
dev_err(dev, "Failed to request IRQ %d\n", irq);
return rc;
@@ -1807,8 +1811,7 @@ static void npcm_video_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
struct npcm_video *video = to_npcm_video(v4l2_dev);

- video_unregister_device(&video->vdev);
- vb2_queue_release(&video->queue);
+ vb2_video_unregister_device(&video->vdev);
v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&video->ctrl_handler);
v4l2_device_unregister(v4l2_dev);
if (video->ece.enable)
--
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