Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] media: mtk-jpeg: Fix use after free bug due to uncanceled work

[Dmitry Osipenko]

On 9/19/23 21:24, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> On 8/31/23 11:18, Zheng Hacker wrote:
>>> The v4l2_m2m_ctx_release() already should wait for the job_timeout_work
>>> completion or for the interrupt fire. Apparently it doesn't work in
>>> yours case. You'll need to debug why v4l job or job_timeout_work is
>>> running after v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(), it shouldn't happen.
>>>
>> Yes, v4l2_m2m_cancel_job waits for m2m_ctx->job_flags to be  ~TRANS_RUNNING,
>> the mtk_jpeg_job_timeout_work will finally invoke v4l2_m2m_job_finish
>> to trigger that.
>>
>> However, this is not the only path to call v4l2_m2m_job_finish. Here
>> is a invoking chain:
>> v4l_streamon
>>   ->v4l2_m2m_ioctl_streamon
>>     ->v4l2_m2m_streamon
>>       ->v4l2_m2m_try_schedule
>>         ->v4l2_m2m_try_run
>>           ->mtk_jpeg_dec_device_run
>>             ->schedule_delayed_work(&jpeg->job_timeout_work...
>>             ->error path goto dec_end
>>             ->v4l2_m2m_job_finish
>>
>> In some specific situation, it starts the worker and also calls
>> v4l2_m2m_job_finish, which might
>> make v4l2_m2m_cancel_job continues.
> 
> Then the error path should cancel the job_timeout_work, or better job

s/job/timeout work/

> needs to be run after the dec/enc has been started and not before.
> 
> Looking further at the code, I'm confused by this hunk:
> 
> 	mtk_jpeg_dec_start(comp_jpeg[hw_id]->reg_base);
> 	v4l2_m2m_job_finish(jpeg->m2m_dev, ctx->fh.m2m_ctx);
> 
> The job should be marked as finished when h/w has finished processing
> the job and not right after the job has been started. So the job is
> always completed and mtk_jpeg_job_timeout_work() doesn't work as
> expected, am I missing something?
> 

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Best regards,
Dmitry