[PATCH v2 media] media: v4l2-mem2mem: cancel job_work in v4l2_m2m_release

From: Tristan Madani

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 20:44:46 EST


v4l2_m2m_release() frees the m2m_dev struct without cancelling
m2m_dev->job_work. When a job finishes, v4l2_m2m_schedule_next_job()
calls schedule_work() to queue the next run. If the driver tears down
concurrently, v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() invokes v4l2_m2m_cancel_job() which
handles per-context state (TRANS_RUNNING, TRANS_QUEUED) but does not
drain the device-level job_work. A pending work item can then fire after
kfree and access freed memory.

Add cancel_work_sync() before the kfree in v4l2_m2m_release() to ensure
the work item is drained.

Fixes: 7f98639def42 ("V4L/DVB: add memory-to-memory device helper framework for videobuf")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Expanded commit message to clarify that cancel_work_sync() complements
the per-context v4l2_m2m_cancel_job(), which handles TRANS_RUNNING and
TRANS_QUEUED flags but does not drain the device-level work item
(Nicolas Dufresne)

drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index a65cbb124cfe0..311e2e08d066d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_m2m_init);

void v4l2_m2m_release(struct v4l2_m2m_dev *m2m_dev)
{
+ cancel_work_sync(&m2m_dev->job_work);
kfree(m2m_dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(v4l2_m2m_release);
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