[PATCH] mtd: core: avoid double-free of OTP NVMEM device
Karl Mehltretter
kmehltretter at gmail.com
Sun Aug 16 09:30:27 PDT 2026
If factory OTP setup fails after the user OTP NVMEM device has been
registered, mtd_otp_nvmem_add() unregisters the user device but leaves
mtd->otp_user_nvmem set. On an error, the caller unregisters it again.
For -EOPNOTSUPP, registration continues and normal teardown unregisters
it again.
Clear mtd->otp_user_nvmem after unregistering it.
Fixes: e0489f6e221f ("mtd: core: fix error path for nvmem provider")
Fixes: fe0b8213c012 ("mtd: core: Don't fail mtd_otp_nvmem_add() if OTP is unsupported")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter at gmail.com>
---
drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 16629382a787b..6158452be24d6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ static int mtd_otp_nvmem_add(struct mtd_info *mtd)
err:
nvmem_unregister(mtd->otp_user_nvmem);
+ mtd->otp_user_nvmem = NULL;
/* Don't report error if OTP is not supported. */
if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
return 0;
base-commit: 3eb40771c00a8488fa6ed2cc1fe203477908bf38
--
2.53.0
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