If cpg_mssr_common_init() fails after assigning priv to global variable cpg_mssr_priv, it deallocates priv, but cpg_mssr_priv keeps dangling pointer that potentially can be used later. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: 1f7db7bbf031 ("clk: renesas: cpg-mssr: Add early clock support") Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Move cpg_mssr_priv assignment just before return 0; instead of clearing it as Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> suggested. drivers/clk/renesas/renesas-cpg-mssr.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/clk/renesas/renesas-cpg-mssr.c b/drivers/clk/renesas/renesas-cpg-mssr.c index 1a0cdf001b2f..5dce9779324d 100644 --- a/drivers/clk/renesas/renesas-cpg-mssr.c +++ b/drivers/clk/renesas/renesas-cpg-mssr.c @@ -989,7 +989,6 @@ static int __init cpg_mssr_common_init(struct device *dev, goto out_err; } - cpg_mssr_priv = priv; priv->num_core_clks = info->num_total_core_clks; priv->num_mod_clks = info->num_hw_mod_clks; priv->last_dt_core_clk = info->last_dt_core_clk; @@ -1019,6 +1018,8 @@ static int __init cpg_mssr_common_init(struct device *dev, if (error) goto out_err; + cpg_mssr_priv = priv; + return 0; out_err: -- 2.7.4