Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: int3472: Fix double free of GPIO device during unregister

[Sakari Ailus]

Hi Qiu,

Thanks for the patch.

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 01:05:37PM +0800, Qiu Wenbo wrote:
> From: Qiu Wenbo <qiuwenbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> regulator_unregister() already frees the associated GPIO device. On
> ThinkPad X9 (Lunar Lake), this causes a double free issue that leads to
> random failures when other drivers (typically Intel THC) attempt to
> allocate interrupts. The root cause is that the reference count of the
> pinctrl_intel_platform module unexpectedly drops to zero when this
> driver defers its probe.
> 
> This behavior can also be reproduced by unloading the module directly.
> 
> Fix the issue by removing the redundant release of the GPIO device
> during regulator unregistration.
> 
> Fixes: 1e5d088a52c2 ("platform/x86: int3472: Stop using devm_gpiod_get()")

Shouldn't this be also cc'd to stable@

Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Regards,

Sakari Ailus