[PATCH] gpio: brcmstb: fix UAF after IRQ domain setup failure
Florian Fainelli
florian.fainelli at broadcom.com
Tue Oct 27 15:55:01 PDT 2026
On 10/26/26 04:52, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> When devm_request_irq() fails in brcmstb_gpio_irq_setup(), the error
> path removes the IRQ domain but leaves priv->irq_domain non-NULL.
>
> The probe error path subsequently calls brcmstb_gpio_remove(), which
> checks priv->irq_domain and attempts to access the already-freed
> domain through irq_find_mapping(). It also attempts to remove the
> domain again, resulting in a use-after-free and potentially further
> memory corruption.
>
> Set priv->irq_domain to NULL after removing it so that the common
> cleanup path skips the already-freed IRQ domain.
>
> This issue was found by our static analysis tool under development.
>
> Fixes: 0ba31dc201de ("gpio: brcmstb: consolidate interrupt domains")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244 at gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli at broadcom.com>
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Florian
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