[PATCH 22/28] mfd: abx500-core: Unregister device ops on devm release

From: Lee Jones

Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 08:24:28 EST


abx500_register_ops() allocates struct abx500_device_entry via
devm_kzalloc() and links it into the global abx500_list without
registering a devres cleanup action. If a caller's probe function
subsequently fails, devres frees the entry while it remains linked in
abx500_list, causing use-after-free and list corruption on later
traversals.

Register a devm_add_action_or_reset() callback in abx500_register_ops()
to remove the entry from abx500_list before devres frees it.

Fixes: c211b6b9c014 ("mfd: abx500-core: Convert to managed resources for allocating memory")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-6a9c6b8b-8f89-4af5-8cb1-102822e44e6e
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mfd/abx500-core.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/abx500-core.c b/drivers/mfd/abx500-core.c
index e896531d0354..5873e335c395 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/abx500-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/abx500-core.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
* Author: Mattias Wallin <mattias.wallin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*/

+#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
@@ -33,6 +34,21 @@ static void lookup_ops(struct device *dev, struct abx500_ops **ops)
}
}

+void abx500_remove_ops(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct abx500_device_entry *dev_entry, *tmp;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(dev_entry, tmp, &abx500_list, list)
+ if (dev_entry->dev == dev)
+ list_del(&dev_entry->list);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(abx500_remove_ops);
+
+static void abx500_unregister_ops(void *data)
+{
+ abx500_remove_ops(data);
+}
+
int abx500_register_ops(struct device *dev, struct abx500_ops *ops)
{
struct abx500_device_entry *dev_entry;
@@ -45,20 +61,11 @@ int abx500_register_ops(struct device *dev, struct abx500_ops *ops)
memcpy(&dev_entry->ops, ops, sizeof(*ops));

list_add_tail(&dev_entry->list, &abx500_list);
- return 0;
+
+ return devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, abx500_unregister_ops, dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(abx500_register_ops);

-void abx500_remove_ops(struct device *dev)
-{
- struct abx500_device_entry *dev_entry, *tmp;
-
- list_for_each_entry_safe(dev_entry, tmp, &abx500_list, list)
- if (dev_entry->dev == dev)
- list_del(&dev_entry->list);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(abx500_remove_ops);
-
int abx500_set_register_interruptible(struct device *dev, u8 bank, u8 reg,
u8 value)
{
--
2.56.0.218.g1ec904b173-goog