From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> clang static analysis flags this error j1939/main.c:292:2: warning: Attempt to free released memory [unix.Malloc] kfree(priv); ^~~~~~~~~~~ The problem block of code is ret = j1939_can_rx_register(priv); if (ret < 0) goto out_priv_put; return priv; out_priv_put: j1939_priv_set(ndev, NULL); dev_put(ndev); kfree(priv); When j1939_can_rx_register fails, it frees priv via the j1939_priv_put release function __j1939_priv_release. Since j1939_priv_put is used widely, remove the second free from j1939_netdev_start. Fixes: 9d71dd0c7009 ("can: add support of SAE J1939 protocol") Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/can/j1939/main.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/can/j1939/main.c b/net/can/j1939/main.c index 137054bff9ec..991a74bc491b 100644 --- a/net/can/j1939/main.c +++ b/net/can/j1939/main.c @@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ struct j1939_priv *j1939_netdev_start(struct net_device *ndev) out_priv_put: j1939_priv_set(ndev, NULL); dev_put(ndev); - kfree(priv); return ERR_PTR(ret); } -- 2.18.1