[PATCH 3/9] iio: gyro: hid-sensor-gyro-3d: Fix race between callback registration and device exposure

From: Sanjay Chitroda

Date: Sat Jun 06 2026 - 07:40:04 EST


From: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@xxxxxxxxx>

The driver registers the IIO device before completing sensor hub
callback registration and unregisters callbacks while the IIO device
is still exposed during teardown.

This creates race windows in both probe and remove paths, which can
lead to NULL pointer dereferences or use-after-free.

Fix this by correct ordering of callback registration and
IIO device registration in probe and remove paths.

Fixes: c5bdbef704ba ("iio: hid-sensors: Added Gyroscope 3D")
Signed-off-by: Sanjay Chitroda <sanjayembeddedse@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/gyro/hid-sensor-gyro-3d.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/gyro/hid-sensor-gyro-3d.c b/drivers/iio/gyro/hid-sensor-gyro-3d.c
index e48c25c87b6d..dd871eacdaf4 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/gyro/hid-sensor-gyro-3d.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/gyro/hid-sensor-gyro-3d.c
@@ -324,12 +324,6 @@ static int hid_gyro_3d_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return ret;
}

- ret = iio_device_register(indio_dev);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "device register failed\n");
- goto error_remove_trigger;
- }
-
gyro_state->callbacks.send_event = gyro_3d_proc_event;
gyro_state->callbacks.capture_sample = gyro_3d_capture_sample;
gyro_state->callbacks.pdev = pdev;
@@ -337,13 +331,19 @@ static int hid_gyro_3d_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
&gyro_state->callbacks);
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "callback reg failed\n");
- goto error_iio_unreg;
+ goto error_remove_trigger;
+ }
+
+ ret = iio_device_register(indio_dev);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "device register failed\n");
+ goto error_remove_callback;
}

return ret;

-error_iio_unreg:
- iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
+error_remove_callback:
+ sensor_hub_remove_callback(hsdev, HID_USAGE_SENSOR_GYRO_3D);
error_remove_trigger:
hid_sensor_remove_trigger(indio_dev, &gyro_state->common_attributes);
return ret;
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ static void hid_gyro_3d_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct iio_dev *indio_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
struct gyro_3d_state *gyro_state = iio_priv(indio_dev);

- sensor_hub_remove_callback(hsdev, HID_USAGE_SENSOR_GYRO_3D);
iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
+ sensor_hub_remove_callback(hsdev, HID_USAGE_SENSOR_GYRO_3D);
hid_sensor_remove_trigger(indio_dev, &gyro_state->common_attributes);
}


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