From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>, Sean Young <sean@mess.org>,
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] media: lirc: Fix error handling in lirc_register()
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:43:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251017154304.4038374-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251017154304.4038374-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
[ Upstream commit 4f4098c57e139ad972154077fb45c3e3141555dd ]
When cdev_device_add() failed, calling put_device() to explicitly
release dev->lirc_dev. Otherwise, it could cause the fault of the
reference count.
Found by code review.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a6ddd4fecbb0 ("media: lirc: remove last remnants of lirc kapi")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index 37933c5af5f72..2920327fad6ee 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -748,11 +748,11 @@ int lirc_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
cdev_init(&dev->lirc_cdev, &lirc_fops);
+ get_device(&dev->dev);
+
err = cdev_device_add(&dev->lirc_cdev, &dev->lirc_dev);
if (err)
- goto out_ida;
-
- get_device(&dev->dev);
+ goto out_put_device;
switch (dev->driver_type) {
case RC_DRIVER_SCANCODE:
@@ -776,7 +776,8 @@ int lirc_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
return 0;
-out_ida:
+out_put_device:
+ put_device(&dev->lirc_dev);
ida_free(&lirc_ida, minor);
return err;
}
--
2.51.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-17 15:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-16 9:02 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] media: lirc: Fix error handling in lirc_register()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2025-10-17 15:43 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] media: rc: Directly use ida_free() Sasha Levin
2025-10-17 15:43 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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