[PATCH 6.1 0072/1191] HID: sensor: custom: Fix field sysfs group cleanup on failure

From
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date
2026-09-12 15:28:18
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Greg Kroah-Hartman, 2026-09-12
6.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Haoxiang Li <redacted>

commit 3789d0802ddb4b3be04062caf4bfadd23496e9a7 upstream.

hid_sensor_custom_add_attributes() creates one sysfs group for each
custom sensor field. If sysfs_create_group() fails after some groups
have already been created, the function returns the error without
removing the previously created groups.

Add a local unwind path to remove the groups that were already created.
With enable_sensor exposed only after the field attributes are ready,
this path can free sensor_inst->fields without leaving enable_sensor
able to access pointers into that array.

Fixes: 4a7de0519df5 ("HID: sensor: Custom and Generic sensor support")
Cc: <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <redacted>
Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-sensor-custom.c |    9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-sensor-custom.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-sensor-custom.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int hid_sensor_custom_add_attribu
 					 &sensor_inst->fields[i].
 					 hid_custom_attribute_group);
 		if (ret)
-			break;
+			goto err_remove_groups;
 
 		/* For power or report field store indexes */
 		if (sensor_inst->fields[i].attribute.attrib_id ==
@@ -621,6 +621,13 @@ static int hid_sensor_custom_add_attribu
 	}
 
 	return ret;
+
+err_remove_groups:
+	while (--i >= 0)
+		sysfs_remove_group(&sensor_inst->pdev->dev.kobj,
+				   &sensor_inst->fields[i].hid_custom_attribute_group);
+	kfree(sensor_inst->fields);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void hid_sensor_custom_remove_attributes(struct hid_sensor_custom *

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