memory leak in vidtv_psi_sdt_service_init

Status: closed as dup on 2026/07/31 17:21
Subsystems: media
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+070afba8f438130eca76@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 7d07h, last: 7d07h
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98187064 patching ❓ memory leak in vidtv_psi_sdt_service_init 2026/07/31 07:04 2026/07/31 07:05 2026/07/31 08:28 aaffb173 

			
				
	

	
	

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		memory leak in vidtv_psi_sdt_service_init
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			[syzbot] [media?] memory leak in vidtv_psi_sdt_service_init
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Sample crash report:

	
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888114fee2c0 (size 32):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 5955, jiffies 4294942049
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    08 80 fd 80 1b c0 ef fe 14 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc a633fa69):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x356/0x440 mm/slub.c:5485
    _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
    _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
    vidtv_psi_sdt_service_init+0x32/0xa0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1386
    vidtv_channel_sdt_serv_cat_into_new drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:229 [inline]
    vidtv_channel_si_init+0x22f/0x770 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:439
    vidtv_mux_init+0x115/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:525
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888114feefc0 (size 32):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 5955, jiffies 4294942049
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 19 02 0c 40 42 f8 11  ........H...@B..
    81 88 ff ff 0a 60 42 f8 11 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00  .....`B.........
  backtrace (crc 9f5e821f):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x356/0x440 mm/slub.c:5485
    _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
    _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
    vidtv_psi_service_desc_init+0x74/0x1b0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:233
    vidtv_psi_desc_clone+0x137/0x160 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:451
    vidtv_channel_sdt_serv_cat_into_new drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:236 [inline]
    vidtv_channel_si_init+0x1d7/0x770 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:439
    vidtv_mux_init+0x115/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:525
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888114feefe0 (size 32):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 5955, jiffies 4294942049
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 01 ef 40 06 00 00 23 59 59 80 8d 80 b5 b5 12  ...@...#YY......
    81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 8ccd5b03):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x356/0x440 mm/slub.c:5485
    _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
    _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
    vidtv_psi_eit_event_init+0x6d/0x1b0 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1928
    vidtv_channel_eit_event_cat_into_new drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:182 [inline]
    vidtv_channel_si_init+0x31d/0x770 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:443
    vidtv_mux_init+0x115/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:525
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888111f842a0 (size 16):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 5955, jiffies 4294942049
  hex dump (first 16 bytes):
    4c 69 6e 75 78 54 56 2e 6f 72 67 00 00 00 00 00  LinuxTV.org.....
  backtrace (crc 2e58d8e5):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
    __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5333 [inline]
    __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x3d3/0x570 mm/slub.c:5471
    __kmemdup_nul mm/util.c:64 [inline]
    kstrdup+0x3c/0x80 mm/util.c:84
    vidtv_psi_network_name_desc_init+0xbe/0x110 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:317
    vidtv_psi_nit_table_init+0xa1/0x130 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1593
    vidtv_channel_si_init+0x4bf/0x770 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:453
    vidtv_mux_init+0x115/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:525
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888111f84220 (size 16):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 5955, jiffies 4294942049
  hex dump (first 16 bytes):
    08 80 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc dcfaab59):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4597 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4917 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x356/0x440 mm/slub.c:5485
    _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline]
    _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline]
    vidtv_psi_service_list_desc_init+0x7b/0x160 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:345
    vidtv_psi_nit_table_init+0xd1/0x130 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_psi.c:1601
    vidtv_channel_si_init+0x4bf/0x770 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_channel.c:453
    vidtv_mux_init+0x115/0x390 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c:525
    vidtv_start_streaming drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:194 [inline]
    vidtv_start_feed+0x1d4/0x260 drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c:239
    dmx_ts_feed_start_filtering+0x8e/0x130 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_demux.c:747
    dvb_dmxdev_start_feed+0x11c/0x170 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:658
    dvb_dmxdev_filter_start+0xd8/0x440 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:769
    dvb_demux_do_ioctl+0x297/0x7d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1065
    dvb_usercopy+0x116/0x2d0 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c:996
    dvb_demux_ioctl+0x29/0x40 drivers/media/dvb-core/dmxdev.c:1201
    vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
    __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
    __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0xf4/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:583
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xf8/0x610 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

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