fix use after free by storing the result of PTR_ERR(n->pdev) to a local variable before returning. Signed-off-by: Manank Patel <pmanank200502@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c index 35058d8b21bc..7c61ff343271 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c @@ -355,8 +355,10 @@ static int __init exar_wdt_register(struct wdt_priv *priv, const int idx) &priv->wdt_res, 1, priv, sizeof(*priv)); if (IS_ERR(n->pdev)) { + int err = PTR_ERR(n->pdev); + kfree(n); - return PTR_ERR(n->pdev); + return err; } list_add_tail(&n->list, &pdev_list); -- 2.38.0