[PATCH v2 3/4] power: sequencing: fix NULL-pointer dereference in pwrseq_device_register()
From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 08:51:32 EST
If dev_set_name() fails in pwrseq_device_register(), we jump to the
err_put_pwrseq label before initializing pwrseq->targets.
pwrseq_release() will try to iterate over targets unconditionally and
subsequently dereference an invalid pointer. Move the call to
dev_set_name() after the list head is initialized.
Fixes: 249ebf3f65f8 ("power: sequencing: implement the pwrseq core")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260903-pwrseq-kunit-v1-0-1f893d2cabc2%40oss.qualcomm.com?part=2
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/power/sequencing/core.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/power/sequencing/core.c b/drivers/power/sequencing/core.c
index a092031943397241b2a9970de5793a0bbc8d7ecf..3076b3879af9e29261ff1f4b133bacdb74489d7c 100644
--- a/drivers/power/sequencing/core.c
+++ b/drivers/power/sequencing/core.c
@@ -505,10 +505,6 @@ pwrseq_device_register(const struct pwrseq_config *config)
*/
device_initialize(&pwrseq->dev);
- ret = dev_set_name(&pwrseq->dev, "pwrseq.%d", pwrseq->id);
- if (ret)
- goto err_put_pwrseq;
-
pwrseq->owner = config->owner ?: THIS_MODULE;
pwrseq->match = config->match;
@@ -517,6 +513,10 @@ pwrseq_device_register(const struct pwrseq_config *config)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pwrseq->targets);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pwrseq->units);
+ ret = dev_set_name(&pwrseq->dev, "pwrseq.%d", pwrseq->id);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_put_pwrseq;
+
ret = pwrseq_setup_targets(config->targets, pwrseq);
if (ret)
goto err_put_pwrseq;
--
2.47.3