[PATCH] media: mediatek: vcodec: fix use-after-free in decoder release path

[Doruk Tan Ozturk]

fops_vcodec_release() frees the decoder context with kfree(ctx) but
never cancels the per-context decode_work worker first. Although
v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() waits for any in-flight m2m job to finish, the
workqueue handler (mtk_vdec_worker) may still be running and accessing
the context after v4l2_m2m_job_finish() returns. Once kfree(ctx) runs,
that worker dereferences freed memory, resulting in a use-after-free.

Cancel the pending decode work with cancel_work_sync(&ctx->decode_work)
after the controls and m2m context are torn down and before kfree(ctx),
mirroring the fix already applied to the encoder release path in
commit 76e35091ffc7 ("media: mediatek: vcodec: fix use-after-free in
encoder release path").

decode_work is always initialised before release can run:
fops_vcodec_open() calls mtk_vcodec_dec_set_default_params() (its only
caller) unconditionally after a successful v4l2_m2m_ctx_init(), and that
function runs INIT_WORK(&ctx->decode_work, ...). A context can only reach
fops_vcodec_release() via an open() that returned 0, i.e. one that passed
that INIT_WORK. cancel_work_sync() on a properly initialised work_struct
is therefore always safe, even if the work was never queued. This is
unlike the 2023 msg_queue->core_work regression, where the work item
could be uninitialised at cancel time.

Fixes: 590577a4e525 ("[media] vcodec: mediatek: Add Mediatek V4L2 Video Decoder Driver")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk at 0sec.ai>
---
v2: reword the commit message to stay within 75 columns (no functional
    change; checkpatch).
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20260615140526.52617-1-doruk@0sec.ai/

 .../mediatek/vcodec/decoder/mtk_vcodec_dec_drv.c         | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/decoder/mtk_vcodec_dec_drv.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/decoder/mtk_vcodec_dec_drv.c
index e936ed8dffbaf..30906b24c608a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/decoder/mtk_vcodec_dec_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/decoder/mtk_vcodec_dec_drv.c
@@ -313,6 +313,15 @@ static int fops_vcodec_release(struct file *file)
 	v4l2_fh_exit(&ctx->fh);
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&ctx->ctrl_hdl);
 
+	/*
+	 * Cancel any pending decode work before freeing the context.
+	 * Although v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() waits for m2m job completion,
+	 * the workqueue handler (mtk_vdec_worker) may still be accessing
+	 * the context after v4l2_m2m_job_finish() returns. Without this,
+	 * a use-after-free occurs when the worker accesses ctx after kfree.
+	 */
+	cancel_work_sync(&ctx->decode_work);
+
 	mtk_vcodec_dbgfs_remove(dev, ctx->id);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->dev_ctx_lock, flags);
 	list_del_init(&ctx->list);
-- 
2.43.0