[PATCH 3/3] media: imx8-isi: fix resource leaks in probe error paths and remove

Xiaolei Wang xiaolei.wang at windriver.com
Fri Apr 24 16:19:26 PDT 2026


mxc_isi_probe() allocates isi->pipes with kzalloc_objs() but never
frees it on any probe failure path or in mxc_isi_remove(), leaking
the allocation on every failed probe and every normal unbind.

Additionally, when mxc_isi_pipe_init() fails partway through the
channel loop or when mxc_isi_v4l2_init() fails, the already
initialized pipes are not cleaned up — their media entities and
mutexes are leaked.

Fix the pipes memory leak by switching from kzalloc_objs() to
devm_kcalloc(), which ties the allocation lifetime to the device
and eliminates the need for explicit kfree() in all error paths
and in mxc_isi_remove().

Fix the pipe init leak by cleaning up already-initialized pipes
in the err_xbar error path.

Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISI driver")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang at windriver.com>
---
 drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
index 2d639b789910..8533a979d60a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	isi->pdata = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
 
-	isi->pipes = kzalloc_objs(isi->pipes[0], isi->pdata->num_channels);
+	isi->pipes = devm_kcalloc(dev, isi->pdata->num_channels,
+				  sizeof(*isi->pipes), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!isi->pipes)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -538,6 +539,8 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_xbar:
+	while (i--)
+		mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(&isi->pipes[i]);
 	mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
2.43.0




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