[PATCH v2] gpio: Avoid NULL dereference in linehandle_create()

From: Douglas Anderson

Date: Sun Feb 15 2026 - 15:06:49 EST


In linehandle_create(), there is a statement like this:
retain_and_null_ptr(lh);

Soon after, there is a debug printout that dereferences "lh", which
will crash things.

Avoid the crash by using handlereq.lines, which is the same value.

Fixes: da7e394bf58f ("gpio: convert linehandle_create() to FD_PREPARE()")
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes in v2:
- Use handlereq.lines rather than creating another local shadow.

drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 2adc3c070908..189127721e38 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
fd_publish(fdf);

dev_dbg(&gdev->dev, "registered chardev handle for %d lines\n",
- lh->num_descs);
+ handlereq.lines);

return 0;
}
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