uart_register_driver() leaves drv->state pointing to freed memory when
tty_alloc_driver() fails. If tty_register_driver() fails, drv->tty_driver
also retains a pointer after its reference is dropped.
Drivers that use drv->state as an "already registered" flag can then skip
registration on the next probe and pass the freed state to
uart_add_one_port().
This issue was found with failslab on QEMU's raspi1ap board by
failing registration and binding the PL011 port again.
Clear both pointers on their failure paths, as uart_unregister_driver()
already does.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Fixes: 9e845abfc8 ("serial: fix NULL pointer dereference")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260731181844.11330-3-kmehltretter@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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