The put_device(&stm->dev) call will trigger stm_device_release() which frees "stm" so the vfree(stm) on the next line is a double free. Fixes: 389b6699a2aa ("stm class: Fix stm device initialization order") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c index 534fbefc7f6a..7315f7d3910d 100644 --- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c @@ -868,8 +868,10 @@ int stm_register_device(struct device *parent, struct stm_data *stm_data, return -ENOMEM; stm->major = register_chrdev(0, stm_data->name, &stm_fops); - if (stm->major < 0) - goto err_free; + if (stm->major < 0) { + vfree(stm); + return stm->major; + } device_initialize(&stm->dev); stm->dev.devt = MKDEV(stm->major, 0); @@ -913,10 +915,8 @@ int stm_register_device(struct device *parent, struct stm_data *stm_data, err_device: unregister_chrdev(stm->major, stm_data->name); - /* matches device_initialize() above */ + /* calls stm_device_release() */ put_device(&stm->dev); -err_free: - vfree(stm); return err; } -- 2.42.0