[PATCH 2/5] media: iris: take core lock when scanning the instance list

From: Dmitry Baryshkov

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 12:03:19 EST


iris_check_session_supported() walks core->instances to confirm the
current instance is registered, but does so without holding core->lock.
A concurrent iris_close() takes core->lock and removes a (possibly
different) instance from the list via list_del_init() before freeing it,
so the lockless traversal can follow a freed pointer and dereference it,
resulting in a use-after-free.

Hold core->lock across the list traversal, matching the other iterators
over core->instances such as iris_check_core_mbpf(). The lock is dropped
before iris_check_core_mbpf() is called so the nesting is unchanged.

Fixes: bdbe1cac0c10 ("media: iris: add check whether the video session is supported or not")
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c
index a2ea2d67f60d..8faf709c26c1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_vb2.c
@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@ static int iris_check_session_supported(struct iris_inst *inst)
bool found = false;
int ret;

+ mutex_lock(&core->lock);
list_for_each_entry(instance, &core->instances, list) {
- if (instance == inst)
+ if (instance == inst) {
found = true;
+ break;
+ }
}
+ mutex_unlock(&core->lock);

if (!found) {
ret = -EINVAL;

--
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