[PATCH] HID: mcp2221: always initialize and cancel init_work

From: Myeonghun Pak

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 17:44:35 EST


The writable gpio_mode_enforce parameter can change between probe and
remove.

If it changes from false to true after probe, remove skips cancellation
of init_work. Pending or running work can then access devm-managed
driver state after teardown. Changing it from true to false can make
remove cancel an uninitialized delayed work item.

Initialize init_work whenever IIO is reachable and cancel it
unconditionally on remove. Keep the parameter check only for scheduling
the initialization.

The false-to-true cancellation gap was previously reported by Sashiko.
We also encountered this issue during our static-analysis research.

Fixes: 200e6c6e94fa ("HID: mcp2221: Add module parameter to enfoce GPIO mode")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-input/20260715143415.916A21F00A3A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Assisted-by: LLM
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c b/drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c
index d52ce3531ab706db8ec908d57ad0383af9fafb1e..6515692b408ee7b6ee318cfa3f240321c133f2c4 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-mcp2221.c
@@ -1072,8 +1072,7 @@ static void mcp2221_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_IIO)
struct mcp2221 *mcp = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);

- if (!gpio_mode_enforce)
- cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mcp->init_work);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mcp->init_work);
#endif
}

@@ -1347,10 +1346,9 @@ static int mcp2221_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
#endif

#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_IIO)
- if (!gpio_mode_enforce) {
- INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mcp->init_work, mcp_init_work);
+ INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mcp->init_work, mcp_init_work);
+ if (!gpio_mode_enforce)
schedule_delayed_work(&mcp->init_work, msecs_to_jiffies(100));
- }
#endif

return 0;