FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026043053-washer-headstone-57d6@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 1c78c2002380a1fe31bfb01a3d5f29809e55a096 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:23:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] spi: imx: fix use-after-free on unbind

The SPI subsystem frees the controller and any subsystem allocated
driver data as part of deregistration (unless the allocation is device
managed).

Take another reference before deregistering the controller so that the
driver data is not freed until the driver is done with it.

Fixes: 307c897db762 ("spi: spi-imx: replace struct spi_imx_data::bitbang by pointer to struct spi_controller")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 5.19
Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260324082326.901043-2-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index 64c6c09e1e7b..a8d90c86a8a1 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -2401,6 +2401,8 @@ static void spi_imx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx = spi_controller_get_devdata(controller);
 	int ret;
 
+	spi_controller_get(controller);
+
 	spi_unregister_controller(controller);
 
 	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(spi_imx->dev);
@@ -2414,6 +2416,8 @@ static void spi_imx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_disable(spi_imx->dev);
 
 	spi_imx_sdma_exit(spi_imx);
+
+	spi_controller_put(controller);
 }
 
 static int spi_imx_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)