[PATCH] media: usbtv: Fix V4L2 refcount leak on probe failure

Guangshuo Li posted 1 patch 1 week, 4 days ago
drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c  | 5 ++++-
drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-video.c | 4 +---
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
[PATCH] media: usbtv: Fix V4L2 refcount leak on probe failure
Posted by Guangshuo Li 1 week, 4 days ago
usbtv_probe() allocates usbtv before usbtv_video_init() registers its
embedded v4l2_device. v4l2_device_register() initializes the reference
count to one, with usbtv_release() providing the final cleanup.

If video_register_device() fails, usbtv_video_init() unregisters the
V4L2 device and returns an error without dropping the initial
v4l2_device reference. The probe error path then calls kfree() on usbtv
directly, leaving the reference stranded and bypassing
usbtv_release().

Leave the initialized V4L2 device intact on this failure path. After
releasing the USB reference, call v4l2_device_put() so the final
reference invokes usbtv_release(). Retain the direct kfree() path for
failures that occur before v4l2_device_register().

This issue was found by a static analysis tool I am developing.

Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c  | 5 ++++-
 drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-video.c | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
index 6c4facf4f41a..4f10f6613bc4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ static int usbtv_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 usbtv_video_fail:
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
-	kfree(usbtv);
+	if (usbtv->v4l2_dev.dev)
+		v4l2_device_put(&usbtv->v4l2_dev);
+	else
+		kfree(usbtv);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-video.c
index de0328100a60..92bc7a2509c3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-video.c
@@ -949,13 +949,11 @@ int usbtv_video_init(struct usbtv *usbtv)
 	ret = video_register_device(&usbtv->vdev, VFL_TYPE_VIDEO, -1);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_warn(usbtv->dev, "Could not register video device\n");
-		goto vdev_fail;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-vdev_fail:
-	v4l2_device_unregister(&usbtv->v4l2_dev);
 v4l2_fail:
 ctrl_fail:
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&usbtv->ctrl);
-- 
2.43.0