If the function validate_user_input() returns an error, the error path attempts to unlock an unacquired mutex. Acquire the mutex before calling validate_user_input(). This is not strictly necessary but simplifies the code. Fixes: d9fb8408376e ("crypto: qat - add rate limiting feature to qat_4xxx") Signed-off-by: Damian Muszynski <damian.muszynski@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c index f2de3cd7d05d..de1b214dba1f 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_rl.c @@ -815,13 +815,13 @@ static int add_update_sla(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev, return -EFAULT; } + mutex_lock(&rl_data->rl_lock); + /* Input validation */ ret = validate_user_input(accel_dev, sla_in, is_update); if (ret) goto ret_err; - mutex_lock(&rl_data->rl_lock); - if (is_update) { ret = validate_sla_id(accel_dev, sla_in->sla_id); if (ret) base-commit: ed628a28e67c93d65400e7f00e0ff5d4f7a87070 -- 2.41.0