[PATCH] rtc: ma35d1: fix unchecked IRQ error and IRQ-before-rtcdev ordering

From: Cong Nguyen

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 12:21:18 EST


platform_get_irq()'s return goes straight into rtc->irq_num and then
devm_request_irq()'s unsigned int irq parameter with no check --
passing a negative error (like -EPROBE_DEFER) through that conversion
turns it into a large positive number, so devm_request_irq() just
fails with -EINVAL instead of deferring the probe.

Separately, the IRQ is requested before rtc->rtcdev is allocated and
registered. Since devm teardown is LIFO, unbind or a later probe
failure frees rtcdev before the IRQ, so an alarm firing in that window
has ma35d1_rtc_interrupt() call rtc_update_irq() on freed memory.

Check irq_num for a negative return, and move the IRQ request to
after the RTC device is fully registered.

Fixes: dc0684adf3b6 ("rtc: Add driver for Nuvoton ma35d1 rtc controller")
Reported-by: Sashiko AI review <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260914133532.CBFAA1F000FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Cong Nguyen <congnt264@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-ma35d1.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ma35d1.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ma35d1.c
index cfcfc28060f6..76d59b313721 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ma35d1.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ma35d1.c
@@ -236,11 +236,8 @@ static int ma35d1_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
}

rtc->irq_num = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-
- ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, rtc->irq_num, ma35d1_rtc_interrupt,
- IRQF_NO_SUSPEND, "ma35d1rtc", rtc);
- if (ret)
- return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to request rtc irq\n");
+ if (rtc->irq_num < 0)
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, rtc->irq_num, "failed to get rtc irq\n");

platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);

@@ -258,6 +255,11 @@ static int ma35d1_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ret)
return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to register rtc device\n");

+ ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, rtc->irq_num, ma35d1_rtc_interrupt,
+ IRQF_NO_SUSPEND, "ma35d1rtc", rtc);
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to request rtc irq\n");
+
return 0;
}

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2.25.1