FAILED: Patch "media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in tw9906_probe()" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
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Sasha Levin
maintainerThe patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From cad237b6c875fbee5d353a2b289e98d240d17ec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdun Nihaal <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:19:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] media: i2c/tw9906: Fix potential memory leak in
tw9906_probe()
In one of the error paths in tw9906_probe(), the memory allocated in v4l2_ctrl_handler_init() and v4l2_ctrl_new_std() is not freed. Fix that by calling v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() on the handler in that error path.
Fixes a000e9a02b58 ("[media] tw9906: add Techwell tw9906 video decoder")
Signed-off-by Abdun Nihaal <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Hans Verkuil <[email protected]>
--- drivers/media/i2c/tw9906.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
drivers/media/i2c/tw9906.c +1 -0
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static int tw9906_probe(struct i2c_client *client)if (write_regs (sd, initial_registers) <0 ) {v4l2_err (client,"error initializing TW9906\n" ); +v4l2_ctrl_handler_free (hdl);return -EINVAL ; }
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