The patch below does not apply to the 6.17-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-6.17.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 8cfc8cec1b4da88a47c243a11f384baefd092a50 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025101335-script-feeble-03de@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.17.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 8cfc8cec1b4da88a47c243a11f384baefd092a50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Edward Adam Davis eadavis@qq.com Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:15:27 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] media: mc: Clear minor number before put device

The device minor should not be cleared after the device is released.

Fixes: 9e14868dc952 ("media: mc: Clear minor number reservation at unregistration time") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: syzbot+031d0cfd7c362817963f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=031d0cfd7c362817963f Tested-by: syzbot+031d0cfd7c362817963f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis eadavis@qq.com Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org

diff --git a/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c b/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c index 0d01cbae98f2..6daa7aa99442 100644 --- a/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c +++ b/drivers/media/mc/mc-devnode.c @@ -276,13 +276,10 @@ void media_devnode_unregister(struct media_devnode *devnode) /* Delete the cdev on this minor as well */ cdev_device_del(&devnode->cdev, &devnode->dev); devnode->media_dev = NULL; + clear_bit(devnode->minor, media_devnode_nums); mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock);

put_device(&devnode->dev); - - mutex_lock(&media_devnode_lock); - clear_bit(devnode->minor, media_devnode_nums); - mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock); }

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