put_device calls release function which do kfree() inside. So following use of sch&cdev would cause use-after-free bugs. Fix these by simply adjusting the position of put_device. Fixes: 37db8985b211 ("s390/cio: add basic protected virtualization support") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is indeed a v2 of older one. Considering that the patch's name has changed, I think a normal prefix 'PATCH' is better. drivers/s390/cio/device.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c index b29fe8d50..33280ca18 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c +++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c @@ -1664,10 +1664,10 @@ void __init ccw_device_destroy_console(struct ccw_device *cdev) struct io_subchannel_private *io_priv = to_io_private(sch); set_io_private(sch, NULL); - put_device(&sch->dev); - put_device(&cdev->dev); dma_free_coherent(&sch->dev, sizeof(*io_priv->dma_area), io_priv->dma_area, io_priv->dma_area_dma); + put_device(&sch->dev); + put_device(&cdev->dev); kfree(io_priv); } -- 2.23.0