In remove(), ensure that the pme work cannot run after kfree() is called. Otherwise, this could result in a use-after-free. This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle. Cc: Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frederick Lawler <fred@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) v2: rebased against Bjorn Helgaas's pcm/pm branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/helgaas/pci.git diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c index efa5b552914b..54d593d10396 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/pme.c @@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ static void pcie_pme_remove(struct pcie_device *srv) pcie_pme_disable_interrupt(srv->port, data); free_irq(srv->irq, srv); + cancel_work_sync(&data->work); kfree(data); } -- 2.17.1