[PATCH] iio: accel: kxsd9: Fix potential use-after-free on removal
From: Guangshuo Li
Date: Sat Oct 31 2026 - 09:06:06 EST
Unregistering an IIO device with an active triggered buffer detaches its
poll function. Freeing the poll function first can therefore make
iio_device_unregister() access freed memory.
Unregister the device before cleaning up the triggered buffer.
This issue was found by our static analysis tool under development.
Fixes: 0427a106a98a ("iio: accel: kxsd9: Add triggered buffer handling")
Assisted-by: OpenAI:gpt-6-astra
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <liguangshuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Build-tested the changed object with x86_64 allmodconfig (W=1,
CONFIG_WERROR=n).
No runtime or fault-injection testing was performed.
drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c b/drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c
index 7ac885d94d7f..27adcdd31201 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/kxsd9.c
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ void kxsd9_common_remove(struct device *dev)
struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
struct kxsd9_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
- iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup(indio_dev);
iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
+ iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup(indio_dev);
pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
pm_runtime_disable(dev);
base-commit: d89e1d186ec9271bf78e62771779e9fc03bf0fc3