[PATCH] pinctrl: devicetree: don't free uninitialized dev_name on error path
From: Karl Mehltretter
Date: Sun Jul 19 2026 - 08:12:01 EST
dt_remember_or_free_map() duplicates dev_name for each map entry. If
kstrdup_const() fails, dt_free_map() frees dev_name in all num_maps
entries, including entries that have not been initialized.
Some pinctrl drivers, including pinctrl-imx, allocate the map with
kmalloc() and leave dev_name for the core to initialize. The untouched
entries therefore contain uninitialized data which is passed to
kfree_const().
Reproduced on qemu's mcimx6ul-evk (pinctrl-imx) with failslab injection
while binding the pinctrl-consuming device, under KASAN:
BUG: KASAN: double-free in dt_free_map+0x34/0xa4
Free of addr c425a900 by task init/1
kfree from dt_free_map+0x34/0xa4
dt_free_map from dt_remember_or_free_map+0x184/0x198
dt_remember_or_free_map from pinctrl_dt_to_map+0x33c/0x4c8
pinctrl_dt_to_map from create_pinctrl+0x9c/0x5c0
Initialize all dev_name fields to NULL before duplicating the device
name, making the full-map cleanup safe after a partial failure.
Fixes: be4c60b563ed ("pinctrl: devicetree: Avoid taking direct reference to device name string")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
index 02a271dd292f..465b43092eb7 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ static int dt_remember_or_free_map(struct pinctrl *p, const char *statename,
int i;
struct pinctrl_dt_map *dt_map;
+ /* Initialize dev_name before any allocation can fail */
+ for (i = 0; i < num_maps; i++)
+ map[i].dev_name = NULL;
+
/* Initialize common mapping table entry fields */
for (i = 0; i < num_maps; i++) {
const char *devname;
--
2.53.0