[PATCH] media: nxp: imx8-isi: fix memory leaks in probe error paths and remove

From: David Carlier

Date: Fri Mar 27 2026 - 18:27:29 EST


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 both by adding kfree(isi->pipes) to all probe error paths and to
mxc_isi_remove(), and cleaning up already-initialized pipes in the
err_xbar error path.

Fixes: cf21f328fcaf ("media: nxp: Add i.MX8 ISP Channel driver")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c | 24 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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 4bf8570e1b9e..ab32c5b6ac9c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-core.c
@@ -490,33 +490,43 @@ static int mxc_isi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return -ENOMEM;

isi->num_clks = devm_clk_bulk_get_all(dev, &isi->clks);
- if (isi->num_clks < 0)
+ if (isi->num_clks < 0) {
+ kfree(isi->pipes);
return dev_err_probe(dev, isi->num_clks, "Failed to get clocks\n");
+ }

isi->regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
- if (IS_ERR(isi->regs))
+ if (IS_ERR(isi->regs)) {
+ kfree(isi->pipes);
return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(isi->regs),
"Failed to get ISI register map\n");
+ }

if (isi->pdata->gasket_ops) {
isi->gasket = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(dev->of_node,
"fsl,blk-ctrl");
- if (IS_ERR(isi->gasket))
+ if (IS_ERR(isi->gasket)) {
+ kfree(isi->pipes);
return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(isi->gasket),
"failed to get gasket\n");
+ }
}

dma_size = isi->pdata->has_36bit_dma ? 36 : 32;
dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(dma_size));

ret = devm_pm_runtime_enable(dev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ kfree(isi->pipes);
return ret;
+ }

ret = mxc_isi_crossbar_init(isi);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ kfree(isi->pipes);
return dev_err_probe(dev, ret,
"Failed to initialize crossbar\n");
+ }

for (i = 0; i < isi->pdata->num_channels; ++i) {
ret = mxc_isi_pipe_init(isi, i);
@@ -538,7 +548,10 @@ 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);
+ kfree(isi->pipes);

return ret;
}
@@ -556,6 +569,7 @@ static void mxc_isi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
mxc_isi_pipe_cleanup(pipe);
}

+ kfree(isi->pipes);
mxc_isi_crossbar_cleanup(&isi->crossbar);
mxc_isi_v4l2_cleanup(isi);
}
--
2.53.0