# \[PATCH 4.9 130/207\] power: supply: bq27xxx: Fix kernel crash on IRQ handler register error

- From: Greg Kroah-Hartman \<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org\>
- Date: 2021-11-24 12:24:54 
- List: stable
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/stable/2021/11/1584086
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/stable/2021/11/1583929/t/2.md

```text
From: Hans de Goede <redacted>

[ Upstream commit cdf10ffe8f626d8a2edc354abf063df0078b2d71 ]

When registering the IRQ handler fails, do not just return the error code,
this will free the devm_kzalloc()-ed data struct while leaving the queued
work queued and the registered power_supply registered with both of them
now pointing to free-ed memory, resulting in various kernel crashes
soon afterwards.

Instead properly tear-down things on IRQ handler register errors.

Fixes: 703df6c09795 ("power: bq27xxx_battery: Reorganize I2C into a module")
Cc: Andrew F. Davis <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery_i2c.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery_i2c.c b/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery_i2c.c
index 5c5c3a6f99234..91fabe9e6efd0 100644
--- a/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/power/supply/bq27xxx_battery_i2c.c
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ static int bq27xxx_battery_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 			dev_err(&client->dev,
 				"Unable to register IRQ %d error %d\n",
 				client->irq, ret);
-			return ret;
+			bq27xxx_battery_teardown(di);
+			goto err_failed;
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
2.33.0



```
