From 5b6b6fc491899d583eaa75344e094796ae9b530b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartosz Golaszewski Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 21:43:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] nvmem: core: fix use-after-free bugs in error paths Fix several instances of error paths in which we call __nvmem_device_put() - which may end up freeing the underlying memory and other resources - and then keep on using the nvmem structure. Always put the reference to the nvmem device as the last step before returning the error code. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 7ae6478b304b ("nvmem: core: rework nvmem cell instance creation") Fixes: e888d445ac33 ("nvmem: resolve cells from DT at registration time") Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260530204340.116743-3-srini@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/nvmem/core.c | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c index 311cb2e5a5c0..e871181751f3 100644 --- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c @@ -1468,18 +1468,16 @@ struct nvmem_cell *of_nvmem_cell_get(struct device_node *np, const char *id) cell_entry = nvmem_find_cell_entry_by_node(nvmem, cell_np); of_node_put(cell_np); if (!cell_entry) { - __nvmem_device_put(nvmem); nvmem_layout_module_put(nvmem); - if (nvmem->layout) - return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); - else - return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); + ret = nvmem->layout ? -EPROBE_DEFER : -ENOENT; + __nvmem_device_put(nvmem); + return ERR_PTR(ret); } cell = nvmem_create_cell(cell_entry, id, cell_index); if (IS_ERR(cell)) { - __nvmem_device_put(nvmem); nvmem_layout_module_put(nvmem); + __nvmem_device_put(nvmem); } return cell; @@ -1593,8 +1591,8 @@ void nvmem_cell_put(struct nvmem_cell *cell) kfree_const(cell->id); kfree(cell); - __nvmem_device_put(nvmem); nvmem_layout_module_put(nvmem); + __nvmem_device_put(nvmem); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvmem_cell_put);