From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> There is an exit path where rx is kfree'd on put_ir_rx and then a jump to label out_put_xx will again kfree it with another call to put_ir_rx. Fix this by adding a new label that avoids this 2nd call to put_ir_rx for this specific case. Detected with CoverityScan, CID#145119 ("Use after free") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c index 34aac3e..5dd1e62 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_zilog.c @@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ static int ir_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL); put_ir_rx(rx, true); ir->l.features &= ~LIRC_CAN_REC_LIRCCODE; - goto out_put_xx; + goto out_put_tx; } /* Proceed only if the Tx client is also ready */ @@ -1637,6 +1637,7 @@ static int ir_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) out_put_xx: if (rx != NULL) put_ir_rx(rx, true); +out_put_tx: if (tx != NULL) put_ir_tx(tx, true); out_put_ir: -- 2.10.2