From: Shih-Sheng Yang <yshihsheng@gmail.com>
To: mchehab@kernel.org
Cc: hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org,
laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com, kees@kernel.org,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Shih-Sheng Yang <yshihsheng@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] media: v4l2-dev: fix media controller registration error handling
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:39:16 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260625193916.3562596-1-yshihsheng@gmail.com> (raw)
__video_register_device() registers the media-controller entity and
interface after cdev_add() and device_register().
The return value from video_register_media_controller() is currently
ignored. If media_devnode_create() fails, vdev->intf_devnode remains
NULL, but the video device is still marked as registered and the caller
sees a successful registration. A later video_unregister_device() reaches
v4l2_device_release(), which calls media_devnode_remove() and
dereferences that NULL pointer.
If media_create_intf_link() fails, the helper removes
vdev->intf_devnode but leaves the stale pointer behind. A later release
path may then try to remove it again.
Fix this by propagating video_register_media_controller() failures from
__video_register_device(). Also make the media-controller cleanup path
tolerate partially-created state by clearing vdev->intf_devnode after
removal and checking it before release-time removal.
Signed-off-by: Shih-Sheng Yang <yshihsheng@gmail.com>
---
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index 6ce623a1245a..5d2faed002a7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ static void v4l2_device_release(struct device *cd)
#if defined(CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER)
if (v4l2_dev->mdev && vdev->vfl_dir != VFL_DIR_M2M) {
/* Remove interfaces and interface links */
- media_devnode_remove(vdev->intf_devnode);
+ if (vdev->intf_devnode) {
+ media_devnode_remove(vdev->intf_devnode);
+ vdev->intf_devnode = NULL;
+ }
if (vdev->entity.function != MEDIA_ENT_F_UNKNOWN)
media_device_unregister_entity(&vdev->entity);
}
@@ -896,6 +899,7 @@ static int video_register_media_controller(struct video_device *vdev)
MEDIA_LNK_FL_IMMUTABLE);
if (!link) {
media_devnode_remove(vdev->intf_devnode);
+ vdev->intf_devnode = NULL;
media_device_unregister_entity(&vdev->entity);
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -1087,6 +1091,11 @@ int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev,
/* Part 5: Register the entity. */
ret = video_register_media_controller(vdev);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
+ put_device(&vdev->dev);
+ return ret;
+ }
/* Part 6: Activate this minor. The char device can now be used. */
set_bit(V4L2_FL_REGISTERED, &vdev->flags);
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-25 19:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-25 19:39 Shih-Sheng Yang [this message]
2026-06-26 19:22 ` Laurent Pinchart
2026-06-30 9:54 ` Shih-Sheng Yang
2026-06-30 10:24 ` Laurent Pinchart
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