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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-11-21 10:43:58 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-11-21 10:43:58 -0800
commit2c26574cc4ea41266d9a09441d0e05a9f09192de (patch)
treea9718b8062f9c62132ce42029709f2717c93a5e1 /drivers
parentc6d732c3bd41375d176447b043274396268aa6ab (diff)
parent2b6d546ba83e8332870741eca469aed662d819ff (diff)
Merge tag 'gpio-fixes-for-v6.18-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux
Pull gpio fixes from Bartosz Golaszewski: - fix a use-after-free bug in GPIO character device code - update MAINTAINERS * tag 'gpio-fixes-for-v6.18-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux: MAINTAINERS: update my email address gpio: cdev: make sure the cdev fd is still active before emitting events
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 175836467f21..d8d93059ac04 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -2548,10 +2548,17 @@ static int lineinfo_changed_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
container_of(nb, struct gpio_chardev_data, lineinfo_changed_nb);
struct lineinfo_changed_ctx *ctx;
struct gpio_desc *desc = data;
+ struct file *fp;
if (!test_bit(gpio_chip_hwgpio(desc), cdev->watched_lines))
return NOTIFY_DONE;
+ /* Keep the file descriptor alive for the duration of the notification. */
+ fp = get_file_active(&cdev->fp);
+ if (!fp)
+ /* Chardev file descriptor was or is being released. */
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
/*
* If this is called from atomic context (for instance: with a spinlock
* taken by the atomic notifier chain), any sleeping calls must be done
@@ -2575,8 +2582,6 @@ static int lineinfo_changed_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
/* Keep the GPIO device alive until we emit the event. */
ctx->gdev = gpio_device_get(desc->gdev);
ctx->cdev = cdev;
- /* Keep the file descriptor alive too. */
- get_file(ctx->cdev->fp);
INIT_WORK(&ctx->work, lineinfo_changed_func);
queue_work(ctx->gdev->line_state_wq, &ctx->work);