The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 4f4098c57e139ad972154077fb45c3e3141555dd # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025101607-contend-gentleman-9ae0@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 4f4098c57e139ad972154077fb45c3e3141555dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ma Ke make24@iscas.ac.cn Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:50:54 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] media: lirc: Fix error handling in lirc_register()
When cdev_device_add() failed, calling put_device() to explicitly release dev->lirc_dev. Otherwise, it could cause the fault of the reference count.
Found by code review.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: a6ddd4fecbb0 ("media: lirc: remove last remnants of lirc kapi") Signed-off-by: Ma Ke make24@iscas.ac.cn Signed-off-by: Sean Young sean@mess.org Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c index a2257dc2f25d..7d4942925993 100644 --- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c +++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c @@ -736,11 +736,11 @@ int lirc_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
cdev_init(&dev->lirc_cdev, &lirc_fops);
+ get_device(&dev->dev); + err = cdev_device_add(&dev->lirc_cdev, &dev->lirc_dev); if (err) - goto out_ida; - - get_device(&dev->dev); + goto out_put_device;
switch (dev->driver_type) { case RC_DRIVER_SCANCODE: @@ -764,7 +764,8 @@ int lirc_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
return 0;
-out_ida: +out_put_device: + put_device(&dev->lirc_dev); ida_free(&lirc_ida, minor); return err; }