On Thu, Jan 06, 2022 at 02:20:52PM +0100, patrice.chotard@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > --- a/drivers/spi/spi-stm32-qspi.c > +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-stm32-qspi.c > @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int stm32_qspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > pm_runtime_enable(dev); > pm_runtime_get_noresume(dev); > > - ret = devm_spi_register_master(dev, ctrl); > + ret = spi_register_master(ctrl); > if (ret) > goto err_pm_runtime_free; > > @@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ static int stm32_qspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) > struct stm32_qspi *qspi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); > > pm_runtime_get_sync(qspi->dev); > + spi_unregister_master(qspi->ctrl); > /* disable qspi */ > writel_relaxed(0, qspi->io_base + QSPI_CR); > stm32_qspi_dma_free(qspi); NAK, this introduces a use-after-free because the "qspi" allocation is freed by spi_unregister_master(), yet is subsequently accessed. You need to convert the driver to devm_spi_alloc_master() to avoid that. Do it in the same patch to ease backporting. Please add a stable designation and a Fixes: tag. Chances are the patch needs to be backported all the way back to the release when the driver was first introduced. Thanks, Lukas