[PATCH v2 2/3] media: ipu6: Fix firmware config leak on stream start

From: David Carlier

Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 10:38:19 EST


ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_init() runs on every first stream start and allocates
the firmware config and queue configs with devm, so each STREAMON/STREAMOFF
cycle leaks them. They are only needed until ipu6_fw_com_prepare() has
copied them, so free them right after. Also check the return value, an
allocation failure would otherwise make ipu6_fw_com_prepare() dereference
a NULL queue config.

Fixes: f625e8d7ffc1 ("media: intel/ipu6: input system ABI between firmware and driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-fw-isys.c | 34 +++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-fw-isys.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-fw-isys.c
index 3cad7d8f9ca9..22452f3916ba 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-fw-isys.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu6/ipu6-fw-isys.c
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ static int ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys,
unsigned int max_send_queues, max_sram_blocks, max_devq_size;
struct ipu6_fw_syscom_queue_config *input_queue_cfg;
struct ipu6_fw_syscom_queue_config *output_queue_cfg;
- struct device *dev = &isys->adev->auxdev.dev;
int type_proxy = IPU6_FW_ISYS_QUEUE_TYPE_PROXY;
int type_dev = IPU6_FW_ISYS_QUEUE_TYPE_DEV;
int type_msg = IPU6_FW_ISYS_QUEUE_TYPE_MSG;
@@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ static int ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys,
struct ipu6_fw_isys_fw_config *isys_fw_cfg;
u32 num_in_message_queues;
unsigned int max_streams;
- unsigned int size;
unsigned int i;

max_streams = isys->pdata->ipdata->max_streams;
@@ -230,7 +228,7 @@ static int ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys,
max_sram_blocks = isys->pdata->ipdata->max_sram_blocks;
max_devq_size = isys->pdata->ipdata->max_devq_size;
num_in_message_queues = clamp(num_streams, 1U, max_streams);
- isys_fw_cfg = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*isys_fw_cfg), GFP_KERNEL);
+ isys_fw_cfg = kzalloc_obj(*isys_fw_cfg);
if (!isys_fw_cfg)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -242,15 +240,14 @@ static int ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys,
isys_fw_cfg->num_recv_queues[type_dev] = 0;
isys_fw_cfg->num_recv_queues[type_msg] = 1;

- size = sizeof(*input_queue_cfg) * max_send_queues;
- input_queue_cfg = devm_kzalloc(dev, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ input_queue_cfg = kzalloc_objs(*input_queue_cfg, max_send_queues);
if (!input_queue_cfg)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_free_fw_cfg;

- size = sizeof(*output_queue_cfg) * IPU6_N_MAX_RECV_QUEUES;
- output_queue_cfg = devm_kzalloc(dev, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ output_queue_cfg = kzalloc_objs(*output_queue_cfg,
+ IPU6_N_MAX_RECV_QUEUES);
if (!output_queue_cfg)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_free_input_queue_cfg;

fwcom_cfg->input = input_queue_cfg;
fwcom_cfg->output = output_queue_cfg;
@@ -315,6 +312,20 @@ static int ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys,
fwcom_cfg->specific_size = sizeof(*isys_fw_cfg);

return 0;
+
+err_free_input_queue_cfg:
+ kfree(input_queue_cfg);
+err_free_fw_cfg:
+ kfree(isys_fw_cfg);
+
+ return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static void ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_free(struct ipu6_fw_com_cfg *fwcom_cfg)
+{
+ kfree(fwcom_cfg->specific_addr);
+ kfree(fwcom_cfg->output);
+ kfree(fwcom_cfg->input);
}

static int ipu6_fw_isys_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys, unsigned int num_streams)
@@ -328,10 +339,13 @@ static int ipu6_fw_isys_init(struct ipu6_isys *isys, unsigned int num_streams)
};
int ret;

- ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_init(isys, &fwcom_cfg, num_streams);
+ ret = ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_init(isys, &fwcom_cfg, num_streams);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;

isys->fwctx = ipu6_fw_com_prepare(&fwcom_cfg, isys->adev,
isys->pdata->base);
+ ipu6_isys_fwcom_cfg_free(&fwcom_cfg);
if (!isys->fwctx) {
dev_err(dev, "isys fw com prepare failed\n");
return -EIO;
--
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