From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>

If devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() returns an error,
mlxbf_i2c_init_resource() frees tmp_res before reading tmp_res->io to
get the error code. This results in a use-after-free.

Save the error code before freeing tmp_res.

Fixes: b5b5b32081cd ("i2c: mlxbf: I2C SMBus driver for Mellanox BlueField SoC")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
---
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c
index 6c1cfe9ec8ac..e33512b25353 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxbf.c
@@ -1051,8 +1051,10 @@ static int mlxbf_i2c_init_resource(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
 	tmp_res->io = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, type, &tmp_res->params);
 	if (IS_ERR(tmp_res->io)) {
+		int ret = PTR_ERR(tmp_res->io);
+
 		devm_kfree(dev, tmp_res);
-		return PTR_ERR(tmp_res->io);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	tmp_res->type = type;
-- 
2.51.0

Hi Xuanqiang,

On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 11:08:08PM +0800, Xuanqiang Luo wrote:
> From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>
> 
> If devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() returns an error,
> mlxbf_i2c_init_resource() frees tmp_res before reading tmp_res->io to
> get the error code. This results in a use-after-free.
> 
> Save the error code before freeing tmp_res.
> 
> Fixes: b5b5b32081cd ("i2c: mlxbf: I2C SMBus driver for Mellanox BlueField SoC")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@kylinos.cn>

merged to i2c/i2c-fixes.

Thanks,
Andi