On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:14:08AM +0200, Vincent Whitchurch wrote: > The code added by commit 8979b02aaf1d6de8 ("tpm: Fix reference count to > main device") tries to take an extra reference to the main device only > for TPM2 by looking at the flags, but the flags are actually not set > at the time when tpm_chip_alloc() is called, so no extra reference is > ever taken, leading to a use-after-free if the TPM modules are removed > when the tpmrm device is in use. Please read this https://lore.kernel.org/linux-integrity/20210205172528.GP4718@xxxxxxxx/ Jason