Re: [PATCH] media: venus: fix use after free in vdec_close

[Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>]

On 24/04/2024 08:17, Dikshita Agarwal wrote:
> There appears to be a possible use after free with vdec_close().
> The firmware will add buffer release work to the work queue through
> HFI callbacks as a normal part of decoding. Randomly closing the
> decoder device from userspace during normal decoding can incur
> a read after free for inst.
> 
> Fix it by cancelling the work in vdec_close.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@quicinc.com>
> ---
>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c
> index 29130a9..56f8a25 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c
> @@ -1747,6 +1747,7 @@ static int vdec_close(struct file *file)
>   
>   	vdec_pm_get(inst);
>   
> +	cancel_work_sync(&inst->delayed_process_work);
>   	v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(inst->m2m_ctx);
>   	v4l2_m2m_release(inst->m2m_dev);
>   	vdec_ctrl_deinit(inst);

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