When sysfs_slab_add failed, we shouldn't call debugfs_slab_add() for s because s will be freed soon. And slab_debugfs_fops will use s later leading to a use-after-free. Fixes: 64dd68497be7 ("mm: slub: move sysfs slab alloc/free interfaces to debugfs") Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c index bf1793fb4ce5..f3df0f04a472 100644 --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -4887,13 +4887,15 @@ int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *s, slab_flags_t flags) return 0; err = sysfs_slab_add(s); - if (err) + if (err) { __kmem_cache_release(s); + return err; + } if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER) debugfs_slab_add(s); - return err; + return 0; } void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long caller) -- 2.23.0