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From: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	syzbot+d37184d9d8cc34602616@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	syzbot+d445a71e1c011b592c16@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	syzbot+2e428058cafb408fb695@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] media: dvb-core: publish device minors after registration succeeds
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:00:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260628100058.48760-1-alhouseenyousef@gmail.com> (raw)

dvb_register_device() publishes dvbdev in the minor table before media
graph and class-device creation, both of which can still fail. Their error
paths then free dvbdev directly without removing the table entry or
dropping its minor reference. Opening a manually created device node can
race with or follow that failure, causing refcount corruption and
use-after-free; without an open, the minor reference is leaked.

Keep the chosen minor private until all fallible registration steps have
succeeded. On failure, release the initial reference through
dvb_device_put() rather than bypassing the kref.

Fixes: 0fc044b2b5e2 ("media: dvbdev: adopts refcnt to avoid UAF")
Reported-by: syzbot+d37184d9d8cc34602616@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d37184d9d8cc34602616
Reported-by: syzbot+d445a71e1c011b592c16@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d445a71e1c011b592c16
Reported-by: syzbot+2e428058cafb408fb695@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2e428058cafb408fb695
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index d753d329502a..ca4d61a94270 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 	}
 
 	dvbdev->minor = minor;
-	dvb_minors[minor] = dvb_device_get(dvbdev);
 	up_write(&minor_rwsem);
 	ret = dvb_register_media_device(dvbdev, type, minor, demux_sink_pads);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -558,7 +557,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 		}
 		dvb_media_device_free(dvbdev);
 		list_del(&dvbdev->list_head);
-		kfree(dvbdev);
+		dvb_device_put(dvbdev);
 		*pdvbdev = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 		return ret;
@@ -577,12 +576,16 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 		}
 		dvb_media_device_free(dvbdev);
 		list_del(&dvbdev->list_head);
-		kfree(dvbdev);
+		dvb_device_put(dvbdev);
 		*pdvbdev = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 		return PTR_ERR(clsdev);
 	}
 
+	down_write(&minor_rwsem);
+	dvb_minors[minor] = dvb_device_get(dvbdev);
+	up_write(&minor_rwsem);
+
 	dprintk("DVB: register adapter%d/%s%d @ minor: %i (0x%02x)\n",
 		adap->num, dnames[type], id, minor, minor);
 
-- 
2.54.0


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