[PATCH] media: usb: pvrusb2: fix slab-use-after-free in pvr2_v4l2_dev_init
From: xiaopeitux
Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 21:49:03 EST
From: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@xxxxxxxxxx>
The driver attempts to register the same video_device twice if the first
registration with a specific minor number fails. However, when the first
video_register_device() call fails, the underlying device structure is
released via put_device(), which frees the video_device object. The second
call then uses the already freed pointer, causing a KASAN
slab-use-after-free error.
Moreover, the second call always uses -1 (automatic minor allocation),
which is redundant because mindevnum already can be -1 when no fixed
minor is requested. Keeping both calls does not provide any benefit but
introduces a use-after-free vulnerability.
Fix this by removing the second registration attempt and using only
the first call with mindevnum. This preserves the ability to request
a specific minor number (when mindevnum >= 0) while falling back to
automatic allocation (when mindevnum == -1) without double-registering
the same device.
Logs:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in pvr2_v4l2_dev_init
(drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c:1221)
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88810a2aa4b4 by task pvrusb2-context/2009
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)
print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:482)
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
pvr2_v4l2_dev_init (drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c:1221)
pvr2_v4l2_create (drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c:1249)
pvr_setup_attach (drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-main.c:40)
...
Freed by task 2009 on cpu 1 at 594.064509s:
kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:57 mm/kasan/common.c:78)
kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:584)
__kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:253 mm/kasan/common.c:285)
kfree
v4l2_device_release (drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c:225)
device_release (drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_configfs.c:690)
kobject_put
__video_register_device (drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c:1080)
pvr2_v4l2_dev_init (drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c:1218)
pvr2_v4l2_create (drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c:1249)
pvr_setup_attach (drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-main.c:40)
...
Fixes: 0c0d06cac63e ("[media] rename most media/video usb drivers to media/usb")
Reported-by: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/6C2D160B-37DD-40F0-B8A2-089B8CAACB58@xxxxxxxxx/
stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c
index 101b2e9fbaab..f9df813ca09b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-v4l2.c
@@ -1215,13 +1215,10 @@ static void pvr2_v4l2_dev_init(struct pvr2_v4l2_dev *dip,
mindevnum = nr_ptr[unit_number];
}
pvr2_hdw_set_v4l2_dev(hdw, &dip->devbase);
- if ((video_register_device(&dip->devbase,
- dip->v4l_type, mindevnum) < 0) &&
- (video_register_device(&dip->devbase,
- dip->v4l_type, -1) < 0)) {
+ if (video_register_device(&dip->devbase,
+ dip->v4l_type, mindevnum) < 0)
pr_err(KBUILD_MODNAME
": Failed to register pvrusb2 v4l device\n");
- }
pr_info("pvrusb2: registered device %s [%s]\n",
video_device_node_name(&dip->devbase),
--
2.25.1