On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:54:20AM +0100, Sean Young wrote: > commit 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of > file->private_data") removed the reference get from open, so on the first > close the reference count hits zero and the lirc device is freed. > > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040 > IP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] > PGD 22d69c067 P4D 22d69c067 PUD 22d69d067 PMD 0 > Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI > CPU: 2 PID: 701 Comm: zilog-rx-i2c-7 Tainted: P C OE 4.15.14-300.fc27.x86_64 #1 > Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA790FXT-UD5P/GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, BIOS F6 08/06/2009 > RIP: 0010:lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] > RSP: 0018:ffffb482c131be98 EFLAGS: 00010246 > RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8fdabf056000 RCX: 0000000000000000 > RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: 0000000000000246 > RBP: ffff8fdab740af00 R08: ffff8fdacfd214a0 R09: 0000000000000000 > R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: ffffb482c10dba48 > R13: ffff8fdabea89e00 R14: ffff8fdab740af00 R15: ffffffffc0b5e500 > FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fdacfd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 > CR2: 0000000000000040 CR3: 00000002124c0000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 > Call Trace: > ? __schedule+0x247/0x880 > ? get_ir_tx+0x40/0x40 [lirc_zilog] > kthread+0x113/0x130 > ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70 > ? do_syscall_64+0x74/0x180 > ? SyS_exit_group+0x10/0x10 > ret_from_fork+0x22/0x40 > Code: 20 8b 85 80 00 00 00 85 c0 0f 84 a6 00 00 00 bf 04 01 00 00 e8 ee 34 d4 d7 e8 69 88 56 d7 84 c0 75 69 48 8b 45 18 c6 44 24 37 00 <48> 8b 58 40 4c 8d 6b 18 4c 89 ef e8 fc 4d d4 d7 4c 89 ef 48 89 > RIP: lirc_thread+0x94/0x520 [lirc_zilog] RSP: ffffb482c131be98 > CR2: 0000000000000040 > This code has been replaced completely in kernel v4.16 by a new driver, > see commit acaa34bf06e9 ("media: rc: implement zilog transmitter"), and > commit f95367a7b758 ("media: staging: remove lirc_zilog driver"). > > Fixes: 615cd3fe6ccc ("[media] media: lirc_dev: make better use of file->private_data") > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.15 > Reported-by: Warren Sturm <warren.sturm@xxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Warren Sturm <warren.sturm@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c > index 6bd0717bf76e..bf6869e48a0f 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c > @@ -1291,6 +1291,7 @@ static int open(struct inode *node, struct file *filep) > > lirc_init_pdata(node, filep); > ir = lirc_get_pdata(filep); > + get_ir_device(ir, false); > > atomic_inc(&ir->open_count); > > -- > 2.14.3 What is the git commit id of this patch, and the other patches in this series and the 4.14 patch series that you sent out? Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this in a way that I can pick them up. thanks, greg k-h