[PATCH v5 1/4] pinctrl: mediatek: use devm_gpiochip_add_data() for GPIO chip
Justin Yeh
justin.yeh at mediatek.com
Wed Jul 8 23:33:46 PDT 2026
The gpio_chip is allocated with device-managed memory but registered with
the non-managed gpiochip_add_data(). This was harmless while the drivers
were built-in, but once they can be built as modules and unbound/rmmod'd,
devm frees the gpio_chip's memory while it is still registered, causing a
use-after-free.
Register it with devm_gpiochip_add_data() so it shares the same
device-managed lifecycle, which also lets the manual gpiochip_remove()
error paths go away.
Fixes: a6df410d420a ("pinctrl: mediatek: Add Pinctrl/GPIO driver for mt8135.")
Fixes: 805250982bb5 ("pinctrl: mediatek: add pinctrl-paris that implements the vendor dt-bindings")
Fixes: e78d57b2f87c ("pinctrl: mediatek: add pinctrl-moore that implements the generic pinctrl dt-bindings")
Signed-off-by: Justin Yeh <justin.yeh at mediatek.com>
---
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-moore.c | 6 ++----
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c | 14 ++++----------
drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-paris.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-moore.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-moore.c
index 17e30f83dc19..38f15dbe9a28 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-moore.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-moore.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static int mtk_build_gpiochip(struct mtk_pinctrl *hw)
chip->base = -1;
chip->ngpio = hw->soc->npins;
- ret = gpiochip_add_data(chip, hw);
+ ret = devm_gpiochip_add_data(hw->dev, chip, hw);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
@@ -608,10 +608,8 @@ static int mtk_build_gpiochip(struct mtk_pinctrl *hw)
if (!of_property_present(hw->dev->of_node, "gpio-ranges")) {
ret = gpiochip_add_pin_range(chip, dev_name(hw->dev), 0, 0,
chip->ngpio);
- if (ret < 0) {
- gpiochip_remove(chip);
+ if (ret < 0)
return ret;
- }
}
return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c
index dd2c8aa03938..791eddd7a2c6 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c
@@ -1130,30 +1130,24 @@ int mtk_pctrl_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
pctl->chip->parent = &pdev->dev;
pctl->chip->base = -1;
- ret = gpiochip_add_data(pctl->chip, pctl);
+ ret = devm_gpiochip_add_data(&pdev->dev, pctl->chip, pctl);
if (ret)
return -EINVAL;
/* Register the GPIO to pin mappings. */
ret = gpiochip_add_pin_range(pctl->chip, dev_name(&pdev->dev),
0, 0, pctl->devdata->npins);
- if (ret) {
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto chip_error;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ return -EINVAL;
/* Only initialize EINT if we have EINT pins */
if (data->eint_hw.ap_num > 0) {
ret = mtk_eint_init(pctl, pdev);
if (ret)
- goto chip_error;
+ return ret;
}
return 0;
-
-chip_error:
- gpiochip_remove(pctl->chip);
- return ret;
}
int mtk_pctrl_common_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-paris.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-paris.c
index 23f04b24fd65..09098b68f725 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-paris.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-paris.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ static int mtk_build_gpiochip(struct mtk_pinctrl *hw)
chip->base = -1;
chip->ngpio = hw->soc->npins;
- ret = gpiochip_add_data(chip, hw);
+ ret = devm_gpiochip_add_data(hw->dev, chip, hw);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
--
2.45.2
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