re that the timer_sleep is properly canceled before the xc5000_priv memory is deallocated. A deadlock concern was considered: xc5000_release() is called in a process context and is not holding any locks that the timer_sleep work item might also need. Therefore, the use of the _sync() variant is safe here. This bug was initially identified through static analysis. Fixes: f7a27ff1fb77 ("[media] xc5000: delay tuner sleep to 5 seconds") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil [hverkuil: fix typo in Subject: tunner -> tuner] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c b/drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c index 30aa4ee958bde..ec9a3cd4784e1 100644 --- a/drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c +++ b/drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c @@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ static void xc5000_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe) mutex_lock(&xc5000_list_mutex); if (priv) { - cancel_delayed_work(&priv->timer_sleep); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->timer_sleep); hybrid_tuner_release_state(priv); } -- 2.51.0[PATCH 5.10.y 2/2] media: tuner: xc5000: Fix use-after-free in xc5000_releaseSasha Levin undefinedstable@vger.kernel.org undefined undefined undefined`ƒ.