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char: misc: deallocate static minor in error path

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commit 6d991f569c5ef6eaeadf1238df2c36e3975233ad upstream.

When creating sysfs files fail, the allocated minor must be freed such that
it can be later reused. That is specially harmful for static minor numbers,
since those would always fail to register later on.

Fixes: 6d04d2b554b1 ("misc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@igalia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250123123249.4081674-5-cascardo@igalia.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
2025-01-23 09:32:49 -03:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 80fc880991
commit 4e8df56636
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drivers/char/misc.c
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@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
device_create_with_groups(&misc_class, misc->parent, dev,
misc, misc->groups, "%s", misc->name);
if (IS_ERR(misc->this_device)) {
misc_minor_free(misc->minor);
if (is_dynamic) {
misc_minor_free(misc->minor);
misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
}
err = PTR_ERR(misc->this_device);