[PATCH] gpio: Avoid NULL dereference in linehandle_create()
From: Douglas Anderson
Date: Fri Feb 13 2026 - 12:30:24 EST
In linehandle_create(), there is a statement like this:
retain_and_null_ptr(lh);
Soon after, there is a debug printout that dereferences "lh", which
will crash things.
Avoid the crash by reading value needed by the printout before making
"lh" NULL.
Fixes: da7e394bf58f ("gpio: convert linehandle_create() to FD_PREPARE()")
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 2adc3c070908..13ab6a5ebb76 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
{
struct gpiohandle_request handlereq;
struct linehandle_state *lh __free(linehandle_free) = NULL;
+ u32 num_descs;
int i, ret;
u32 lflags;
@@ -379,6 +380,7 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
lh, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
if (fdf.err)
return fdf.err;
+ num_descs = lh->num_descs;
retain_and_null_ptr(lh);
handlereq.fd = fd_prepare_fd(fdf);
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
fd_publish(fdf);
dev_dbg(&gdev->dev, "registered chardev handle for %d lines\n",
- lh->num_descs);
+ num_descs);
return 0;
}
--
2.53.0.273.g2a3d683680-goog