[PATCH next] firmware: thead,th1520-aon: Fix use after free in th1520_aon_init()

Dan Carpenter dan.carpenter at linaro.org
Sat Mar 15 03:04:24 PDT 2025


Record the error code before freeing "aon_chan" to avoid a
use after free.

Fixes: e4b3cbd840e5 ("firmware: thead: Add AON firmware protocol driver")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter at linaro.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/thead,th1520-aon.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/thead,th1520-aon.c b/drivers/firmware/thead,th1520-aon.c
index 4416e9bbf854..38f812ac9920 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/thead,th1520-aon.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/thead,th1520-aon.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct th1520_aon_chan *th1520_aon_init(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct th1520_aon_chan *aon_chan;
 	struct mbox_client *cl;
+	int ret;
 
 	aon_chan = kzalloc(sizeof(*aon_chan), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!aon_chan)
@@ -217,8 +218,9 @@ struct th1520_aon_chan *th1520_aon_init(struct device *dev)
 	aon_chan->ch = mbox_request_channel_byname(cl, "aon");
 	if (IS_ERR(aon_chan->ch)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Failed to request aon mbox chan\n");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(aon_chan->ch);
 		kfree(aon_chan);
-		return ERR_CAST(aon_chan->ch);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
 	mutex_init(&aon_chan->transaction_lock);
-- 
2.47.2




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