In the error path in ata_tport_add(), the refcount of ata_host is already be put in ata_tport_release() after calling put_device(), it makes the host and ports are released earlier and the ports are set to null, then it leads a null-ptr-deref in ata_host_stop(): Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 CPU: 7 PID: 18671 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Tainted: G E 6.1.0-rc3+ #8 pstate: 80400009 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : ata_host_stop+0x3c/0x84 [libata] lr : release_nodes+0x64/0xd0 Call trace: ata_host_stop+0x3c/0x84 [libata] release_nodes+0x64/0xd0 devres_release_all+0xbc/0x1b0 device_unbind_cleanup+0x20/0x70 really_probe+0x158/0x320 __driver_probe_device+0x84/0x120 driver_probe_device+0x44/0x120 __driver_attach+0xb4/0x220 bus_for_each_dev+0x78/0xdc driver_attach+0x2c/0x40 bus_add_driver+0x184/0x240 driver_register+0x80/0x13c __pci_register_driver+0x4c/0x60 ahci_pci_driver_init+0x30/0x1000 [ahci] Fix this by remove redundant ata_host_put() in the error path. Fixes: 2623c7a5f279 ("libata: add refcounting to ata_host") Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-transport.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c index a7e9a75410a3..105da3ec5eaa 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c @@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ int ata_tport_add(struct device *parent, tport_err: transport_destroy_device(dev); put_device(dev); - ata_host_put(ap->host); return error; } -- 2.25.1