[PATCH] iio: dummy: free software device on configfs release

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 08:39:02 EST


iio_dummy_probe() allocates struct iio_sw_device with kzalloc_obj().
The error paths free it, but after successful registration the normal
removal path only frees the contained IIO device, leaving the software
device allocation behind.

The software device embeds a config_group. device_drop_group() calls
iio_sw_device_destroy() and then drops the config_item reference with
config_item_put(). Therefore, freeing the software device directly from
iio_dummy_remove() would free the embedded config_item before that
final put.

Configfs requires dynamically allocated config_items to provide a
release callback which frees the containing object when the reference
count reaches zero.

Add a release callback to iio_dummy_type and free the software device
there.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

Fixes: 3d85fb6f8104 ("iio: dummy: Convert IIO dummy to configfs")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c b/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c
index 19fcdbbc11c6..7d2ff1d4a06e 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c
@@ -23,7 +23,19 @@
#include <linux/iio/sw_device.h>
#include "iio_simple_dummy.h"

+static void iio_dummy_release(struct config_item *item)
+{
+ struct iio_sw_device *swd = to_iio_sw_device(item);
+
+ kfree(swd);
+}
+
+static const struct configfs_item_operations iio_dummy_item_ops = {
+ .release = iio_dummy_release,
+};
+
static const struct config_item_type iio_dummy_type = {
+ .ct_item_ops = &iio_dummy_item_ops,
.ct_owner = THIS_MODULE,
};

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2.43.0