[PATCH 3/6] HID: nintendo: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop on probe failure
From: Jiangshan Yi
Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 02:19:40 EST
nintendo_hid_probe() calls hid_device_io_start() before joycon_init()
and joycon_leds_create(). If either fails, the error path jumps to
err_close which calls hid_hw_close()/hid_hw_stop() without first calling
hid_device_io_stop().
hid_hw_stop() does not stop device IO, so hid_input_report() may still
run and access driver data that is being torn down, resulting in a
use-after-free.
Add an err_io_stop label that calls hid_device_io_stop() before
hid_hw_close(), and point the two post-io_start error paths at it.
Fixes: 2af16c1f846b ("HID: nintendo: add nintendo switch controller driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jiangshan Yi <yijiangshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c b/drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c
index e7302ec01ff1..0db553528826 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c
@@ -2736,14 +2736,14 @@ static int nintendo_hid_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
ret = joycon_init(hdev);
if (ret) {
hid_err(hdev, "Failed to initialize controller; ret=%d\n", ret);
- goto err_close;
+ goto err_io_stop;
}
/* Initialize the leds */
ret = joycon_leds_create(ctlr);
if (ret) {
hid_err(hdev, "Failed to create leds; ret=%d\n", ret);
- goto err_close;
+ goto err_io_stop;
}
/* Initialize the battery power supply */
@@ -2766,7 +2766,8 @@ static int nintendo_hid_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
err_ida:
ida_free(&nintendo_player_id_allocator, ctlr->player_id);
-err_close:
+err_io_stop:
+ hid_device_io_stop(hdev);
hid_hw_close(hdev);
err_stop:
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
--
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