[PATCH v2] gpiolib: Fix Oops in gpiod_direction_input_nonotify()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Fri Feb 28 2025 - 08:04:02 EST


The gpiod_direction_input_nonotify() function is supposed to return zero
if the direction for the pin is input. But instead it accidentally
returns GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_IN (1) which will be cast into an ERR_PTR()
in gpiochip_request_own_desc(). The callers dereference it and it leads
to a crash.

I changed gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit() just for consistency but
returning GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_OUT (0) is fine.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 9d846b1aebbe ("gpiolib: check the return value of gpio_chip::get_direction()")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Rebased on top of v6.14-rc4 to make this easier to backport.

drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index fc19df5a64c2..3aee877c8aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -2740,12 +2740,14 @@ int gpiod_direction_input_nonotify(struct gpio_desc *desc)
ret = guard.gc->direction_input(guard.gc,
gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc));
} else if (guard.gc->get_direction) {
- ret = guard.gc->get_direction(guard.gc,
+ int dir;
+
+ dir = guard.gc->get_direction(guard.gc,
gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc));
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ if (dir < 0)
+ return dir;

- if (ret != GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_IN) {
+ if (dir != GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_IN) {
gpiod_warn(desc,
"%s: missing direction_input() operation and line is output\n",
__func__);
@@ -2788,12 +2790,14 @@ static int gpiod_direction_output_raw_commit(struct gpio_desc *desc, int value)
} else {
/* Check that we are in output mode if we can */
if (guard.gc->get_direction) {
- ret = guard.gc->get_direction(guard.gc,
+ int dir;
+
+ dir = guard.gc->get_direction(guard.gc,
gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc));
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ if (dir < 0)
+ return dir;

- if (ret != GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_OUT) {
+ if (dir != GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION_OUT) {
gpiod_warn(desc,
"%s: missing direction_output() operation\n",
__func__);
--
2.47.2