linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] media: videobuf2: forbid remove

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Message-ID: <9996520a-fbad-4f02-9630-7de85f04c286@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:56:29 +0200
From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@...nel.org>
To: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
 Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>,
 Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...labora.com>,
 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
 Shuangpeng Bai <SJB7183@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] media: videobuf2: forbid remove_bufs when legacy
 fileio is active

Hi Marek,

On 20/10/2025 18:01, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> vb2_ioctl_remove_bufs() call manipulates queue internal buffer list,
> potentially overwriting some pointers used by the legacy fileio access
> mode. Add a vb2_verify_memory_type() check symmetrical to
> vb2_ioctl_create_bufs() to forbid that ioctl when fileio is active to
> protect internal queue state between subsequent read/write calls.
> 
> CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: a3293a85381e ("media: v4l2: Add REMOVE_BUFS ioctl")
> Reported-by: Shuangpeng Bai<SJB7183@....edu>
> Suggested-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@...labora.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>

I'll pick this up as a fix for v6.18. I think this is important enough to
not wait for v6.19.

Regards,

	Hans

> ---
> v2:
> - dropped a change to vb2_ioctl_create_bufs(), as it is already handled
>   by the vb2_verify_memory_type() call
> - replaced queue->type check in vb2_ioctl_remove_bufs() by a call to
>   vb2_verify_memory_type() which covers all cases
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251016111154.993949-1-m.szyprowski@samsung.com/
> ---
>  drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> index d911021c1bb0..0de7490292fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-v4l2.c
> @@ -1000,9 +1000,11 @@ int vb2_ioctl_remove_bufs(struct file *file, void *priv,
>  			  struct v4l2_remove_buffers *d)
>  {
>  	struct video_device *vdev = video_devdata(file);
> +	int res;
>  
> -	if (vdev->queue->type != d->type)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +	res = vb2_verify_memory_type(vdev->queue, vdev->queue->memory, d->type);
> +	if (res)
> +		return res;
>  
>  	if (d->count == 0)
>  		return 0;