[PATCH] Input: serio - acquire device_lock(&serio->dev) in serio_bind_driver()
From: Hui Peng
Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 16:51:36 EST
drvctl_store() calls serio_bind_driver(serio, drv) under serio_mutex
without holding device_lock(&serio->dev). Because sysfs driver bind and
unbind attributes (/sys/bus/serio/drivers/<drv>/bind and unbind)
serialize via device_lock(&serio->dev) without acquiring serio_mutex,
serio_bind_driver() can race concurrently with bind_store() or
unbind_store(), causing duplicate sysfs link creation warnings
(sysfs_warn_dup / -EEXIST) or NULL pointer dereferences in klist_put().
Acquire guard(device)(&serio->dev) in serio_bind_driver() and check
serio->dev.driver before binding.
Fixes: 0a66045bcfd3 ("Input: serio core - handle errors returned by device_bind_driver()")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/serio.c b/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
--- a/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/serio.c
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ static int serio_bind_driver(struct serio *serio, struct serio_driver *drv)
{
int error;
+ guard(device)(&serio->dev);
+
+ if (serio->dev.driver)
+ return serio->dev.driver == &drv->driver ? 0 : -EBUSY;
+
if (serio_match_port(drv->id_table, serio)) {
serio->dev.driver = &drv->driver;
--
2.43.0