Imagine below scene, spidev is referenced after it's freed. spidev_release() spidev_remove() ... spin_lock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock); spidev->spi = NULL; spin_unlock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock); mutex_lock(&device_list_lock); dofree = (spidev->spi == NULL); if (dofree) kfree(spidev); mutex_unlock(&device_list_lock); mutex_lock(&device_list_lock); list_del(&spidev->device_entry); device_destroy(spidev_class, spidev->devt); clear_bit(MINOR(spidev->devt), minors); if (spidev->users == 0) kfree(spidev); mutex_unlock(&device_list_lock); Fix it by resetting spidev->spi in device_list_lock's protection. Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spidev.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c index d753df7..f74ea26 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c @@ -787,13 +787,13 @@ static int spidev_remove(struct spi_device *spi) { struct spidev_data *spidev = spi_get_drvdata(spi); + /* prevent new opens */ + mutex_lock(&device_list_lock); /* make sure ops on existing fds can abort cleanly */ spin_lock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock); spidev->spi = NULL; spin_unlock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock); - /* prevent new opens */ - mutex_lock(&device_list_lock); list_del(&spidev->device_entry); device_destroy(spidev_class, spidev->devt); clear_bit(MINOR(spidev->devt), minors); -- 1.8.3.1