Re: [PATCH] drivers: core: ensure device has a name

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Sep 15 2023 - 02:51:57 EST


On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 10:19:31PM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> device_add() relies on dev_name() and dev_set_name() to set the device
> name. This patch adds the fallback case where both the call to
> dev_name() and (dev->bus && dev->bus->dev_name) fails.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+bbc59256015533127d80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bbc59256015533127d80
> Fixes: d21fdd07cea4 ("driver core: Return proper error code when dev_set_name() fails")
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/core.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Already submitted and in linux-next:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230828145824.3895288-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx