From: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
To: lee@kernel.org, Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>,
Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>,
Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>,
Roger Quadros <rogerq@kernel.org>,
Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>, Kai Svahn <kai.svahn@nokia.com>,
syed khasim <x0khasim@ti.com>,
Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@ti.com>,
Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com>,
linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, mfd@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 13/27] mfd: twl-core: Clear twl_priv pointer on teardown and probe failure
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:30:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027093306.2812695-14-lee@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261027093306.2812695-1-lee@kernel.org>
twl_probe() allocates the file-scope twl_priv state with devm_kzalloc()
and checks for a non-NULL twl_priv at entry to reject multiple device
instances. However, twl_remove() and the early error paths in
twl_probe() never reset twl_priv to NULL, a failure when adding MFD
child devices bypasses twl_remove() by jumping to free instead of fail,
and twl_remove() tears down the IRQ domain and dummy I2C clients before
child devices are unregistered. After devres frees the underlying
memory on probe failure or unbind, twl_priv remains a dangling pointer,
causing subsequent exported API calls to dereference freed memory and
blocking future probe attempts with -EBUSY.
Unregister DT-populated and MFD child devices at the start of
twl_remove(), ensure mfd_add_devices() failures unwind via fail, and
reset twl_priv to NULL in twl_remove() and on probe error exit.
Fixes: 80a97ccd33be ("mfd: twl-core: Collect global variables behind one private structure (global)")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-73e82f84-94de-4d08-82a4-f22d42a1dedf
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
---
drivers/mfd/twl-core.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
index 64b45fe79159..21fc0acb827b 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ static void twl_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
{
unsigned i, num_slaves;
+ of_platform_depopulate(&client->dev);
+
+ if (twl_class_is_6030())
+ mfd_remove_devices(&client->dev);
+
if (pm_power_off == twl6030_power_off)
pm_power_off = NULL;
@@ -706,6 +711,7 @@ static void twl_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
twl->client = NULL;
}
twl_priv->ready = false;
+ twl_priv = NULL;
}
@@ -880,10 +886,10 @@ twl_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
num_cells = ARRAY_SIZE(twl6030_cells);
}
- status = devm_mfd_add_devices(&client->dev, PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE,
- cells, num_cells, NULL, 0, NULL);
+ status = mfd_add_devices(&client->dev, PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE,
+ cells, num_cells, NULL, 0, NULL);
if (status < 0)
- goto free;
+ goto fail;
if (of_device_is_system_power_controller(node)) {
if (!pm_power_off)
@@ -900,8 +906,10 @@ twl_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
if (status < 0)
twl_remove(client);
free:
- if (status < 0)
+ if (status < 0) {
platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+ twl_priv = NULL;
+ }
return status;
}
--
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-27 10:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 9:30 [PATCH v2 00/27] mfd: Assorted resource lifetime, teardown, and error-handling fixes Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 07/27] mfd: db8500-prcmu: Make AB8500 cell and IRQ resource static Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 12/27] mfd: twl-core: Clear pm_power_off callback in twl_remove() Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` Lee Jones [this message]
2026-10-28 15:50 ` [PATCH v2 13/27] mfd: twl-core: Clear twl_priv pointer on teardown and probe failure Andreas Kemnade
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 14/27] mfd: loongson-se: Check return value of dma_set_mask_and_coherent() Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 15/27] mfd: loongson-se: Zero-initialise controller command structures Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 16/27] mfd: loongson-se: Reinitialise completions and wait uninterruptibly for commands Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 17/27] mfd: loongson-se: Zero-allocate driver data and initialise engine completions in probe Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 18/27] mfd: loongson-se: Prevent out-of-bounds engine access in se_irq_handler() Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 19/27] mfd: loongson-se: Stop controller and mask interrupts on teardown and shutdown Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 20/27] mfd: loongson-se: Validate engine ID, DMA buffer size, and IRQ registration Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 21/27] mfd: abx500-core: Unregister device ops on devm release Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 22/27] mfd: ab8500-core: Register sysfs attribute groups via devm_device_add_group() Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 23/27] mfd: tps65217: Manage IRQ domain teardown via devres Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 24/27] mfd: mt6397: Manage IRQ domain lifecycle with devres Lee Jones
2026-10-28 3:45 ` Chen-Yu Tsai
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 25/27] mfd: mt6397: Unregister PM notifier on probe failure and unbind Lee Jones
2026-10-28 4:15 ` Chen-Yu Tsai
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 26/27] i2c: cgbc: Propagate hardware errors when polling read status Lee Jones
2026-10-27 9:30 ` [PATCH v2 27/27] mfd: ti_am335x_tscadc: Remove redundant ti_tscadc_dev_get() helper Lee Jones
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