If device_register() fails in sdebug_add_host_helper(), it will goto clean and sdbg_host will be freed, but sdbg_host->host_list will not be removed from sdebug_host_list, then list traversal may cause UAF, fix it. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Yuan Can <yuancan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c index 629853662b82..bebda917b138 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c @@ -7323,8 +7323,12 @@ static int sdebug_add_host_helper(int per_host_idx) dev_set_name(&sdbg_host->dev, "adapter%d", sdebug_num_hosts); error = device_register(&sdbg_host->dev); - if (error) + if (error) { + spin_lock(&sdebug_host_list_lock); + list_del(&sdbg_host->host_list); + spin_unlock(&sdebug_host_list_lock); goto clean; + } ++sdebug_num_hosts; return 0; -- 2.17.1