When freeing the fw_priv the item is taken off the list. This causes an oops in the FW_OPT_NOCACHE case as the list object is not initialized. Make sure to initialize the list object regardless of this flag. Fixes: 422b3db2a503 ("firmware: Fix security issue with request_firmware_into_buf()") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Rishabh Bhatnagar <rishabhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c index b3c0498ee433..8e9213b36e31 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c @@ -226,8 +226,11 @@ static int alloc_lookup_fw_priv(const char *fw_name, } tmp = __allocate_fw_priv(fw_name, fwc, dbuf, size); - if (tmp && !(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOCACHE)) - list_add(&tmp->list, &fwc->head); + if (tmp) { + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->list); + if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOCACHE)) + list_add(&tmp->list, &fwc->head); + } spin_unlock(&fwc->lock); *fw_priv = tmp; -- 2.18.0