When hvs is released, there is a possibility that vsk->trans may not be initialized to NULL, which could lead to a dangling pointer. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL. Fixes: ae0078fcf0a5 ("hv_sock: implements Hyper-V transport for Virtual Sockets (AF_VSOCK)") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <v4bel@xxxxxxxxx> --- v1 -> v2: Add fixes and cc tags --- net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c index e2157e387217..56c232cf5b0f 100644 --- a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c @@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ static void hvs_destruct(struct vsock_sock *vsk) vmbus_hvsock_device_unregister(chan); kfree(hvs); + vsk->trans = NULL; } static int hvs_dgram_bind(struct vsock_sock *vsk, struct sockaddr_vm *addr) -- 2.34.1