[PATCH] power: supply: bq24257: fix use-after-free on remove
From: Fan Wu
Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 10:46:34 EST
The STAT-pin interrupt is devm-managed, so it stays armed until the devm
cleanup that runs after remove() returns. remove() cancels
bq->iilimit_setup_work while the handler can still fire; the threaded
handler reschedules that work and dereferences bq, so the work runs
against freed memory once devm frees bq.
Call devm_free_irq() before canceling the work so the handler is quiesced
and cannot reschedule it after the cancel.
Found by static analysis.
Fixes: 2219a935963e ("power_supply: Add TI BQ24257 charger driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <fanwu01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/power/supply/bq24257_charger.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/bq24257_charger.c b/drivers/power/supply/bq24257_charger.c
index 72f1bfea8d..b9110d5fe2 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/bq24257_charger.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/bq24257_charger.c
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ static void bq24257_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
{
struct bq24257_device *bq = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+ devm_free_irq(&client->dev, client->irq, bq);
if (bq->iilimit_autoset_enable)
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bq->iilimit_setup_work);
--
2.34.1