FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rpmsg: char: Fix use-after-free on probe error path" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-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 <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 1ff3f528e67d20e2b1483dcaba899dc7832b2e6b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026070228-dwelled-nurture-5733@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 1ff3f528e67d20e2b1483dcaba899dc7832b2e6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 14:32:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] rpmsg: char: Fix use-after-free on probe error path

rpmsg_chrdev_probe() stores the newly allocated eptdev in the default
endpoint's priv pointer before calling rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add(). If
rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add() then fails, its error path frees eptdev while
the default endpoint may still dispatch callbacks with the stale priv
pointer.

Avoid publishing eptdev through the default endpoint until
rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add() succeeds. Messages received before the priv
pointer is published should be ignored by rpmsg_ept_cb(). Flow-control
updates can hit rpmsg_ept_flow_cb() in the same window, so make both
callbacks return success when priv is NULL.

Fixes: bc69d1066569 ("rpmsg: char: Introduce the "rpmsg-raw" channel")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260601183247.1962010-1-dbgh9129@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
index ca9cf8858a5e..bff5aefee212 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ static int rpmsg_ept_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *buf, int len,
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = priv;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+	if (!eptdev)
+		return 0;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -124,6 +127,9 @@ static int rpmsg_ept_flow_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *priv, bool enable
 {
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev = priv;
 
+	if (!eptdev)
+		return 0;
+
 	eptdev->remote_flow_restricted = enable;
 	eptdev->remote_flow_updated = true;
 
@@ -490,6 +496,7 @@ static int rpmsg_chrdev_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo;
 	struct rpmsg_eptdev *eptdev;
 	struct device *dev = &rpdev->dev;
+	int ret;
 
 	memcpy(chinfo.name, rpdev->id.name, RPMSG_NAME_SIZE);
 	chinfo.src = rpdev->src;
@@ -502,13 +509,17 @@ static int rpmsg_chrdev_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	/* Set the default_ept to the rpmsg device endpoint */
 	eptdev->default_ept = rpdev->ept;
 
+	ret = rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add(eptdev, chinfo);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	/*
 	 * The rpmsg_ept_cb uses *priv parameter to get its rpmsg_eptdev context.
-	 * Storedit in default_ept *priv field.
+	 * Stored it in default_ept *priv field.
 	 */
 	eptdev->default_ept->priv = eptdev;
 
-	return rpmsg_chrdev_eptdev_add(eptdev, chinfo);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void rpmsg_chrdev_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)