The call to return_i2c_dev() frees "i2c_dev" so there is a use after free when we call cdev_del(&i2c_dev->cdev). Fixes: d6760b14d4a1 ('i2c: dev: switch from register_chrdev to cdev API') Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c index 2562a45..3bf4f0d 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c @@ -592,9 +592,9 @@ static int i2cdev_detach_adapter(struct device *dev, void *dummy) if (!i2c_dev) /* attach_adapter must have failed */ return 0; + cdev_del(&i2c_dev->cdev); return_i2c_dev(i2c_dev); device_destroy(i2c_dev_class, MKDEV(I2C_MAJOR, adap->nr)); - cdev_del(&i2c_dev->cdev); pr_debug("i2c-dev: adapter [%s] unregistered\n", adap->name); return 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html