[PATCH] media: imon: fix use-after-free in display_close via dev_dbg

From: Deepanshu Kartikey

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 01:50:11 EST


ictx->dev is a raw pointer to the usb_interface's embedded device,
cached in imon_init_intf0() without taking a reference. On
disconnect, usb_disconnect() can drop the last reference on the
interface and free it while a userspace fd for /dev/lcd0 is still
open. When that fd is later closed, display_close() dereferences
the now-freed ictx->dev via dev_dbg(), causing a use-after-free.

Fix by pinning the device with get_device() when ictx->dev is
assigned, and releasing it with put_device() when ictx is freed.

Fixes: 21677cfc562a ("V4L/DVB: ir-core: add imon driver")
Reported-by: syzbot+9bfac891bdd42eb708fc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9bfac891bdd42eb708fc
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/rc/imon.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/imon.c b/drivers/media/rc/imon.c
index 049a73b5f882..9341dbe03b57 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/imon.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/imon.c
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ static void free_imon_context(struct imon_context *ictx)
kfree_rcu(ictx, rcu);

dev_dbg(dev, "%s: iMON context freed\n", __func__);
+ put_device(dev);
}

/*
@@ -2253,7 +2254,7 @@ static struct imon_context *imon_init_intf0(struct usb_interface *intf,

mutex_lock(&ictx->lock);

- ictx->dev = dev;
+ ictx->dev = get_device(dev);
ictx->usbdev_intf0 = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
ictx->rx_urb_intf0 = rx_urb;
ictx->tx_urb = tx_urb;
@@ -2314,6 +2315,7 @@ static struct imon_context *imon_init_intf0(struct usb_interface *intf,
find_endpoint_failed:
mutex_unlock(&ictx->lock);
usb_free_urb(tx_urb);
+ put_device(ictx->dev);
tx_urb_alloc_failed:
usb_free_urb(rx_urb);
rx_urb_alloc_failed:
--
2.34.1