Hi, Static analysis with Coverity has detected an potential dereference of a free'd object with commit: commit 9f918a728cf86b2757b6a7025e1f46824bfe3155 Author: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed Sep 25 11:11:42 2019 +0200 spi: Add call to spi_slave_abort() function when spidev driver is released In spidev_release() in drivers/spi/spidev.c the analysis is as follows: 600static int spidev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) 601{ 602 struct spidev_data *spidev; 603 604 mutex_lock(&device_list_lock); 1. alias: Assigning: spidev = filp->private_data. Now both point to the same storage. 605 spidev = filp->private_data; 606 filp->private_data = NULL; 607 608 /* last close? */ 609 spidev->users--; 2. Condition !spidev->users, taking true branch. 610 if (!spidev->users) { 611 int dofree; 612 613 kfree(spidev->tx_buffer); 614 spidev->tx_buffer = NULL; 615 616 kfree(spidev->rx_buffer); 617 spidev->rx_buffer = NULL; 618 619 spin_lock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock); 3. Condition spidev->spi, taking false branch. 620 if (spidev->spi) 621 spidev->speed_hz = spidev->spi->max_speed_hz; 622 623 /* ... after we unbound from the underlying device? */ 4. Condition spidev->spi == NULL, taking true branch. 624 dofree = (spidev->spi == NULL); 625 spin_unlock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock); 626 5. Condition dofree, taking true branch. 627 if (dofree) 6. freed_arg: kfree frees spidev. 628 kfree(spidev); 629 } 630#ifdef CONFIG_SPI_SLAVE CID 89726 (#1 of 1): Read from pointer after free (USE_AFTER_FREE) 7. deref_after_free: Dereferencing freed pointer spidev. 631 spi_slave_abort(spidev->spi); 632#endif 633 mutex_unlock(&device_list_lock); 634 635 return 0; 636} The call to spi_slave_abort() on spidev is reading an earlier kfree'd spidev. Colin