[PATCH 6.6 104/166] iio: common: st_sensors: Fix use of uninitialize device structs

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-24T13:37:57Z

From: Maud Spierings <maudspierings@gocontroll.com>

[ Upstream commit 9f92e93e257b33e73622640a9205f8642ec16ddd ]

Throughout the various probe functions &indio_dev->dev is used before it
is initialized. This caused a kernel panic in st_sensors_power_enable()
when the call to devm_regulator_bulk_get_enable() fails and then calls
dev_err_probe() with the uninitialized device.

This seems to only cause a panic with dev_err_probe(), dev_err(),
dev_warn() and dev_info() don't seem to cause a panic, but are fixed
as well.

The issue is reported and traced here: [1]

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/AM7P189MB100986A83D2F28AF3FFAF976E39EA@AM7P189MB1009.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/ [1]
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Maud Spierings <maudspierings@gocontroll.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
Link: https://... [1]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250527-st_iio_fix-v4-1-12d89801c761@gocontroll.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Fang Wang <32840572@qq.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c | 10 +++---
.../iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c | 36 +++++++++----------
.../common/st_sensors/st_sensors_trigger.c | 20 +++++------
3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
index 51d8de18e6d6d..45d2268e042ef 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
@@ -1342,6 +1342,7 @@ static int apply_acpi_orientation(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
union acpi_object *ont;
union acpi_object *elements;
acpi_status status;
+ struct device *parent = indio_dev->dev.parent;
int ret = -EINVAL;
unsigned int val;
int i, j;
@@ -1360,7 +1361,7 @@ static int apply_acpi_orientation(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
};

- adev = ACPI_COMPANION(indio_dev->dev.parent);
+ adev = ACPI_COMPANION(parent);
if (!adev)
return -ENXIO;

@@ -1369,8 +1370,7 @@ static int apply_acpi_orientation(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND) {
return -ENXIO;
} else if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
- dev_warn(&indio_dev->dev, "failed to execute _ONT: %d\n",
- status);
+ dev_warn(parent, "failed to execute _ONT: %d\n", status);
return status;
}

@@ -1446,12 +1446,12 @@ static int apply_acpi_orientation(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
}

ret = 0;
- dev_info(&indio_dev->dev, "computed mount matrix from ACPI\n");
+ dev_info(parent, "computed mount matrix from ACPI\n");

out:
kfree(buffer.pointer);
if (ret)
- dev_dbg(&indio_dev->dev,
+ dev_dbg(parent,
"failed to apply ACPI orientation data: %d\n", ret);

return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c b/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c
index c77d7bdcc1216..78f5728417d5b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int st_sensors_set_fullscale(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, unsigned int fs)
return err;

st_accel_set_fullscale_error:
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev, "failed to set new fullscale.\n");
+ dev_err(indio_dev->dev.parent, "failed to set new fullscale.\n");
return err;
}

@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ int st_sensors_power_enable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
ARRAY_SIZE(regulator_names),
regulator_names);
if (err)
- return dev_err_probe(&indio_dev->dev, err,
- "unable to enable supplies\n");
+ return dev_err_probe(parent, err, "unable to enable supplies\n");

return 0;
}
@@ -241,13 +240,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(st_sensors_power_enable, IIO_ST_SENSORS);
static int st_sensors_set_drdy_int_pin(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
struct st_sensors_platform_data *pdata)
{
+ struct device *parent = indio_dev->dev.parent;
struct st_sensor_data *sdata = iio_priv(indio_dev);

/* Sensor does not support interrupts */
if (!sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.int1.addr &&
!sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.int2.addr) {
if (pdata->drdy_int_pin)
- dev_info(&indio_dev->dev,
+ dev_info(parent,
"DRDY on pin INT%d specified, but sensor does not support interrupts\n",
pdata->drdy_int_pin);
return 0;
@@ -256,29 +256,27 @@ static int st_sensors_set_drdy_int_pin(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
switch (pdata->drdy_int_pin) {
case 1:
if (!sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.int1.mask) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
- "DRDY on INT1 not available.\n");
+ dev_err(parent, "DRDY on INT1 not available.\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
sdata->drdy_int_pin = 1;
break;
case 2:
if (!sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.int2.mask) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
- "DRDY on INT2 not available.\n");
+ dev_err(parent, "DRDY on INT2 not available.\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
sdata->drdy_int_pin = 2;
break;
default:
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev, "DRDY on pdata not valid.\n");
+ dev_err(parent, "DRDY on pdata not valid.\n");
return -EINVAL;
}

if (pdata->open_drain) {
if (!sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.int1.addr_od &&
!sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.int2.addr_od)
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
+ dev_err(parent,
"open drain requested but unsupported.\n");
else
sdata->int_pin_open_drain = true;
@@ -336,6 +334,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(st_sensors_dev_name_probe, IIO_ST_SENSORS);
int st_sensors_init_sensor(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
struct st_sensors_platform_data *pdata)
{
+ struct device *parent = indio_dev->dev.parent;
struct st_sensor_data *sdata = iio_priv(indio_dev);
struct st_sensors_platform_data *of_pdata;
int err = 0;
@@ -343,7 +342,7 @@ int st_sensors_init_sensor(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
mutex_init(&sdata->odr_lock);

/* If OF/DT pdata exists, it will take precedence of anything else */
- of_pdata = st_sensors_dev_probe(indio_dev->dev.parent, pdata);
+ of_pdata = st_sensors_dev_probe(parent, pdata);
if (IS_ERR(of_pdata))
return PTR_ERR(of_pdata);
if (of_pdata)
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ int st_sensors_init_sensor(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
if (err < 0)
return err;
} else
- dev_info(&indio_dev->dev, "Full-scale not possible\n");
+ dev_info(parent, "Full-scale not possible\n");

err = st_sensors_set_odr(indio_dev, sdata->odr);
if (err < 0)
@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ int st_sensors_init_sensor(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
mask = sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.int2.mask_od;
}

- dev_info(&indio_dev->dev,
+ dev_info(parent,
"set interrupt line to open drain mode on pin %d\n",
sdata->drdy_int_pin);
err = st_sensors_write_data_with_mask(indio_dev, addr,
@@ -594,21 +593,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(st_sensors_get_settings_index, IIO_ST_SENSORS);
int st_sensors_verify_id(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
{
struct st_sensor_data *sdata = iio_priv(indio_dev);
+ struct device *parent = indio_dev->dev.parent;
int wai, err;

if (sdata->sensor_settings->wai_addr) {
err = regmap_read(sdata->regmap,
sdata->sensor_settings->wai_addr, &wai);
if (err < 0) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
- "failed to read Who-Am-I register.\n");
- return err;
+ return dev_err_probe(parent, err,
+ "failed to read Who-Am-I register.\n");
}

if (sdata->sensor_settings->wai != wai) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
- "%s: WhoAmI mismatch (0x%x).\n",
- indio_dev->name, wai);
+ dev_warn(parent, "%s: WhoAmI mismatch (0x%x).\n",
+ indio_dev->name, wai);
return -EINVAL;
}
}
diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_trigger.c b/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_trigger.c
index a0df9250a69ff..b900acd471bd4 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_trigger.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int st_sensors_allocate_trigger(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
sdata->trig = devm_iio_trigger_alloc(parent, "%s-trigger",
indio_dev->name);
if (sdata->trig == NULL) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev, "failed to allocate iio trigger.\n");
+ dev_err(parent, "failed to allocate iio trigger.\n");
return -ENOMEM;
}

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int st_sensors_allocate_trigger(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
case IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING:
case IRQF_TRIGGER_LOW:
if (!sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.addr_ihl) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
+ dev_err(parent,
"falling/low specified for IRQ but hardware supports only rising/high: will request rising/high\n");
if (irq_trig == IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING)
irq_trig = IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING;
@@ -156,21 +156,19 @@ int st_sensors_allocate_trigger(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.mask_ihl, 1);
if (err < 0)
return err;
- dev_info(&indio_dev->dev,
+ dev_info(parent,
"interrupts on the falling edge or active low level\n");
}
break;
case IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING:
- dev_info(&indio_dev->dev,
- "interrupts on the rising edge\n");
+ dev_info(parent, "interrupts on the rising edge\n");
break;
case IRQF_TRIGGER_HIGH:
- dev_info(&indio_dev->dev,
- "interrupts active high level\n");
+ dev_info(parent, "interrupts active high level\n");
break;
default:
/* This is the most preferred mode, if possible */
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
+ dev_err(parent,
"unsupported IRQ trigger specified (%lx), enforce rising edge\n", irq_trig);
irq_trig = IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING;
}
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ int st_sensors_allocate_trigger(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
if (irq_trig == IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING ||
irq_trig == IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING) {
if (!sdata->sensor_settings->drdy_irq.stat_drdy.addr) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev,
+ dev_err(parent,
"edge IRQ not supported w/o stat register.\n");
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
@@ -214,13 +212,13 @@ int st_sensors_allocate_trigger(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
sdata->trig->name,
sdata->trig);
if (err) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev, "failed to request trigger IRQ.\n");
+ dev_err(parent, "failed to request trigger IRQ.\n");
return err;
}

err = devm_iio_trigger_register(parent, sdata->trig);
if (err < 0) {
- dev_err(&indio_dev->dev, "failed to register iio trigger.\n");
+ dev_err(parent, "failed to register iio trigger.\n");
return err;
}
indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(sdata->trig);
--
2.53.0