The patch titled Subject: lib/test_kmod.c: fix rmmod double free has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is test_kmod-fix-rmmod-double-free.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/test_kmod-fix-rmmod-double-free.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/test_kmod-fix-rmmod-double-free.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/test_kmod.c: fix rmmod double free We free the misc device string twice on rmmod; fix this. Without this we cannot remove the module without crashing. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181124050500.5257-1-mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [4.12+] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/lib/test_kmod.c~test_kmod-fix-rmmod-double-free +++ a/lib/test_kmod.c @@ -1214,7 +1214,6 @@ void unregister_test_dev_kmod(struct kmo dev_info(test_dev->dev, "removing interface\n"); misc_deregister(&test_dev->misc_dev); - kfree(&test_dev->misc_dev.name); mutex_unlock(&test_dev->config_mutex); mutex_unlock(&test_dev->trigger_mutex); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx are maintainers-update-name-change-for-myself.patch test_kmod-fix-rmmod-double-free.patch