In cm_write(), buf is always freed when reaching the end of the function. If the requested count is less than table.length, the allocated buffer will be freed but subsequent calls to cm_write() will still try to access it. Remove the unconditional kfree(buf) at the end of the function and set the buf to NULL in the -EINVAL error path to match the rest of function. Fixes: 03d1571d9513 ("ACPI: custom_method: fix memory leaks") Signed-off-by: Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c index 443fdf62dd22..8844f895f9be 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf, (*ppos + count < count) || (count > uncopied_bytes)) { kfree(buf); + buf = NULL; return -EINVAL; } @@ -76,7 +77,6 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf, add_taint(TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE); } - kfree(buf); return count; } -- 2.26.3