[PATCH] media: redrat3: fix use-after-free in rc_dev_uevent()
Dmitry Antipov <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 15:10:21 +0300
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-media |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In 'redrat3_dev_probe()', it makes no sense to register the device in rc subsystem until it is completely initialized (i.e. passes 'redrat3_enable_detector()' successfully). Otherwise the device may be announced as ready to receive events even if was freed by 'redrat3_delete()' during error recovery after probing. Reported-by: [email protected] Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=237c754233330b2bf565 Fixes: 8a21ec9bb3ec ("[media] redrat3: fix error paths in probe") Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <[email protected]> --- drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c index 3f828a564e19..34ea8fe9aa18 100644 --- a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c +++ b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c @@ -1102,18 +1102,17 @@ static int redrat3_dev_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, if (retval) goto redrat_free; - rr3->rc = redrat3_init_rc_dev(rr3); - if (!rr3->rc) { - retval = -ENOMEM; - goto led_free; - } - /* might be all we need to do? */ retval = redrat3_enable_detector(rr3); if (retval < 0) goto led_free; /* we can register the device now, as it is ready */ + rr3->rc = redrat3_init_rc_dev(rr3); + if (!rr3->rc) { + retval = -ENOMEM; + goto led_free; + } usb_set_intfdata(intf, rr3); return 0; -- 2.55.0