Hi Dinghao, dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:24:22 +0800: > If of_clk_add_provider() fails in ca8210_register_ext_clock(), > it calls clk_unregister() to release priv->clk and returns an > error. However, the caller ca8210_probe() then calls ca8210_remove(), > where priv->clk is freed again in ca8210_unregister_ext_clock(). In > this case, a use-after-free may happen in the second time we call > clk_unregister(). > > Fix this by nulling priv->clk after the first clk_unregister(). Also > refine the pointer checking in ca8210_unregister_ext_clock(). > > Fixes: ded845a781a5 ("ieee802154: Add CA8210 IEEE 802.15.4 device driver") > Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c > index aebb19f1b3a4..1d545879c000 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c > @@ -2760,6 +2760,7 @@ static int ca8210_register_ext_clock(struct spi_device *spi) > ret = of_clk_add_provider(np, of_clk_src_simple_get, priv->clk); > if (ret) { > clk_unregister(priv->clk); > + priv->clk = NULL; This function is a bit convoluted. You could just return the result of of_clk_add_provider() (keep the printk's if you want, they don't seem very useful) and let ca8210_unregister_ext_clock() do the cleanup. > dev_crit( > &spi->dev, > "Failed to register external clock as clock provider\n" > @@ -2780,7 +2781,7 @@ static void ca8210_unregister_ext_clock(struct spi_device *spi) > { > struct ca8210_priv *priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi); > > - if (!priv->clk) > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->clk)) Does not look useful as you are enforcing priv->clock to be valid or NULL, it cannot be an error code. Thanks, Miquèl