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From: Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh <neganhat@gmail.com>
To: mchehab@kernel.org
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh <neganhat@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+809dfc586f33fc44b6ac@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] media: em28xx: fix refcount underflow in em28xx_free_v4l2()
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:49:00 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261022194901.14302-3-neganhat@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261022194901.14302-1-neganhat@gmail.com>

em28xx_free_v4l2() is registered as the v4l2_dev release callback, invoked
when v4l2_dev's reference count drops to zero.

Calling v4l2_device_unregister() from inside this callback causes an extra
call to v4l2_device_put() on a zero reference count, triggering a refcount_t
underflow (0 -> -1) and a kernel BUG in lib/refcount.c.

Fix this by removing v4l2_device_unregister() from em28xx_free_v4l2() and
calling it in em28xx_v4l2_fini() during teardown instead.

Reported-by: syzbot+809dfc586f33fc44b6ac@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=809dfc586f33fc44b6ac
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh <neganhat@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index d653341ffd16..45b62655ca3b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -2332,7 +2332,6 @@ static void em28xx_free_v4l2(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
 	struct em28xx *dev = v4l2->dev;
 
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&v4l2->ctrl_handler);
-	v4l2_device_unregister(v4l2_dev);
 	dev->v4l2 = NULL;
 	kfree(v4l2);
 	kref_put(&dev->ref, em28xx_free_device);
@@ -2462,7 +2461,7 @@ static int em28xx_v4l2_fini(struct em28xx *dev)
 	 * The em28xx_free_v4l2() release callback will be invoked once all
 	 * userspace file handles to the video device nodes are closed.
 	 */
-	v4l2_device_put(&v4l2->v4l2_dev);
+	v4l2_device_unregister(&v4l2->v4l2_dev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-22 19:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-22 19:46 [PATCH 0/3] media: em28xx: fix multiple disconnect races and UAFs Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh
2026-10-22 19:48 ` [PATCH 1/3] media: em28xx: check dev->disconnected in em28xx_v4l2_open() Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh
2026-10-22 19:48   ` [PATCH 2/3] media: em28xx: clear v4l2_dev.mdev on media device unregister Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh
2026-10-22 19:49   ` Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh [this message]
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2026-10-22 19:31 [PATCH 0/3] media: em28xx: fix multiple disconnect races and UAFs Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh
2026-10-22 19:35 ` [PATCH 3/3] media: em28xx: fix refcount underflow in em28xx_free_v4l2() Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh

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