From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] driver core: faux: fix root device registration
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:22:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260424102231.2615557-1-johan@kernel.org> (raw)
A recent change made the faux bus root device be allocated dynamically
but failed to provide a release function to free the memory when the
last reference is dropped (on theoretical failure to register the device
or bus).
Fix this by using root_device_register() instead of open coding.
Also add the missing sanity check when registering faux devices to avoid
a NULL-pointer dereference if the bus failed to register (which would
previously have triggered a bunch of use-after-free warnings).
Fixes: 61b76d07d2b4 ("driver core: faux: stop using static struct device")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 7.0
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
---
drivers/base/faux.c | 19 +++++++------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/faux.c b/drivers/base/faux.c
index fb3e42f21362..402ed119dfdf 100644
--- a/drivers/base/faux.c
+++ b/drivers/base/faux.c
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ struct faux_device *faux_device_create_with_groups(const char *name,
struct device *dev;
int ret;
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(faux_bus_root))
+ return NULL;
+
faux_obj = kzalloc_obj(*faux_obj);
if (!faux_obj)
return NULL;
@@ -234,17 +237,9 @@ int __init faux_bus_init(void)
{
int ret;
- faux_bus_root = kzalloc_obj(*faux_bus_root);
- if (!faux_bus_root)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- dev_set_name(faux_bus_root, "faux");
-
- ret = device_register(faux_bus_root);
- if (ret) {
- put_device(faux_bus_root);
- return ret;
- }
+ faux_bus_root = root_device_register("faux");
+ if (IS_ERR(faux_bus_root))
+ return PTR_ERR(faux_bus_root);
ret = bus_register(&faux_bus_type);
if (ret)
@@ -260,6 +255,6 @@ int __init faux_bus_init(void)
bus_unregister(&faux_bus_type);
error_bus:
- device_unregister(faux_bus_root);
+ root_device_unregister(faux_bus_root);
return ret;
}
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-24 10:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-24 10:22 Johan Hovold [this message]
2026-04-24 11:23 ` [PATCH] driver core: faux: fix root device registration Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-24 11:42 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-04-24 14:03 ` Johan Hovold
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