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From: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>,
	Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tty: moxa: unwind tty driver if PCI registration fails
Date: Sat,  1 Aug 2026 01:18:08 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731161809.45066-1-mhun512@gmail.com> (raw)

moxa_init() registers the tty driver before registering the PCI driver.
If pci_register_driver() fails, module initialization returns without
unregistering the tty driver or dropping its reference. moxa_exit() is
not called after a failed module initialization.

Unregister the tty driver and drop its reference before returning the
PCI registration error.

This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while
reviewing kernel code.

Fixes: a784bf7c195f ("[PATCH] Char: moxa, pci probing")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/tty/moxa.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/moxa.c b/drivers/tty/moxa.c
index 1bb2376af85c..680b2dd65462 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/moxa.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/moxa.c
@@ -1172,8 +1172,11 @@ static int __init moxa_init(void)
 	}
 
 	retval = pci_register_driver(&moxa_pci_driver);
-	if (retval)
+	if (retval) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Can't register MOXA pci driver!\n");
+		tty_unregister_driver(moxaDriver);
+		tty_driver_kref_put(moxaDriver);
+	}
 
 	return retval;
 }
-- 
2.47.1

             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-31 16:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-31 16:18 Myeonghun Pak [this message]
2026-07-31 16:18 ` [PATCH 2/2] tty: moxa: use pcim_enable_device() Myeonghun Pak
2026-08-03  6:06 ` [PATCH 1/2] tty: moxa: unwind tty driver if PCI registration fails Jiri Slaby
2026-08-03 12:41   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-08-04 13:55     ` Myeonghun Pak

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