[PATCH 1/2] media: ipu6: Fix ipu7 firmware context leak on stream start

From: David Carlier

Date: Sun Sep 27 2026 - 16:17:38 EST


ipu7_fw_isys_init() runs on every first stream start, but allocates the
firmware context and queue configs with devm and never frees them, so
each STREAMON/STREAMOFF cycle leaks them. Use kzalloc and free them in
ipu7_fw_isys_cleanup().

Fixes: 9ab793dbc176 ("media: ipu6: Add ipu7 fw isys ops")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu7-fw-isys.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu7-fw-isys.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu7-fw-isys.c
index aee9227fd66c..19e063b22a15 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu7-fw-isys.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu7-fw-isys.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static void ipu7_fw_isys_cleanup(struct ipu6_isys *isys)
}

isys->fwctx = NULL;
+ kfree(fwctx->queue_configs);
+ kfree(fwctx);
}

static int ipu7_fw_isys_open(struct ipu6_isys *isys)
@@ -67,8 +69,7 @@ static int ipu7_fw_isys_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys, unsigned int num_streams)
int ret;

/* Allocate and init firmware context. */
- fwctx = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct ipu7_fw_com_context),
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ fwctx = kzalloc_obj(*fwctx);
if (!fwctx)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -76,10 +77,9 @@ static int ipu7_fw_isys_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys, unsigned int num_streams)
fwctx->num_output_queues = IPU7_INSYS_MAX_OUTPUT_QUEUES;
num_queues = fwctx->num_input_queues + fwctx->num_output_queues;

- queue_configs = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_queues, sizeof(*queue_configs),
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ queue_configs = kzalloc_objs(*queue_configs, num_queues);
if (!queue_configs) {
- ipu7_fw_isys_cleanup(isys);
+ kfree(fwctx);
return -ENOMEM;
}
fwctx->fw_entry = adev->fw_entry;
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ static int ipu7_fw_isys_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys, unsigned int num_streams)
&fw_config_dma_addr, GFP_KERNEL, 0);
if (!fw_config) {
dev_err(dev, "Failed to allocate isys subsys config.\n");
- ipu7_fw_isys_cleanup(isys);
+ kfree(queue_configs);
+ kfree(fwctx);
return -ENOMEM;
}
fwctx->fw_config = fw_config;
--
2.55.0