[PATCH v2 4/4] leds: pca9532: fix use-after-free on unbind with N2100 beeper
From: haibo . chen
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 03:51:34 EST
From: Haibo Chen <haibo.chen@xxxxxxx>
The input device for the N2100 beeper is allocated with
devm_input_allocate_device(), so it stays registered until devres
cleanup runs after .remove() returns. pca9532_destroy_devices() only
calls cancel_work_sync() and clears data->idev, but leaves the input
device registered.
In the window between cancel_work_sync() returning and devres
unregistering the input device, a userspace EV_SND event can reach
pca9532_event(), which calls schedule_work() and re-queues data->work
after it was cancelled. Once devres frees the devm-allocated driver
data, the work callback dereferences freed memory, resulting in a
use-after-free.
Explicitly unregister the input device before cancelling the work so
that no new events can be delivered after the work has been cancelled.
Fixes: 8614fb46637a ("leds: pca9532: Convert to devm_input_allocate_device()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: VeroCoder:claude-sonnet-4
Signed-off-by: Haibo Chen <haibo.chen@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c b/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
index cee398d8275b8953b5dbdb741c36161f34bba029..eeb91b7466419325191200f6cd9a4dc81f8ee20c 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@ static void pca9532_destroy_devices(struct pca9532_data *data, int n_devs)
break;
case PCA9532_TYPE_N2100_BEEP:
if (data->idev != NULL) {
+ /*
+ * Unregister the input device first so that no
+ * new EV_SND events can re-queue the work after
+ * it has been cancelled.
+ */
+ input_unregister_device(data->idev);
cancel_work_sync(&data->work);
data->idev = NULL;
}
--
2.34.1