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        stable@vger.kernel.org, Chengfeng Ye <cyeaa@connect.ust.hk>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15 503/846] HSI: core: Fix return freed object in hsi_new_client
Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:40:20 +0100
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From: Chengfeng Ye <cyeaa@connect.ust.hk>

[ Upstream commit a1ee1c08fcd5af03187dcd41dcab12fd5b379555 ]

cl is freed on error of calling device_register, but this
object is return later, which will cause uaf issue. Fix it
by return NULL on error.

Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <cyeaa@connect.ust.hk>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/hsi/hsi_core.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hsi/hsi_core.c b/drivers/hsi/hsi_core.c
index ec90713564e32..884066109699c 100644
--- a/drivers/hsi/hsi_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hsi/hsi_core.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct hsi_client *hsi_new_client(struct hsi_port *port,
 	if (device_register(&cl->device) < 0) {
 		pr_err("hsi: failed to register client: %s\n", info->name);
 		put_device(&cl->device);
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	return cl;
-- 
2.34.1