In the error path of vmbus_device_register(), device_unregister() is called, hv_device has already been freed in vmbus_device_release(), remove the kfree() in vmbus_add_channel_work() to avoid double free. Fixes: c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info") Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c index 5b120402d405..576ebaf729a8 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c +++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c @@ -533,13 +533,15 @@ static void vmbus_add_channel_work(struct work_struct *work) * Add the new device to the bus. This will kick off device-driver * binding which eventually invokes the device driver's AddDevice() * method. + * If vmbus_device_register() fails, the 'device_obj' will be freed + * in vmbus_device_release() in vmbus_device_register(). In the outside + * error path, it's no need to free it. */ ret = vmbus_device_register(newchannel->device_obj); if (ret != 0) { pr_err("unable to add child device object (relid %d)\n", newchannel->offermsg.child_relid); - kfree(newchannel->device_obj); goto err_deq_chan; } -- 2.25.1