From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 7e5b6a5c8c44310784c88c1c198dde79f6402f7b upstream. Clang static analysis reports this problem route.c:425:4: warning: Use of memory after it is freed trace_mctp_key_acquire(key); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When mctp_key_add() fails, key is freed but then is later used in trace_mctp_key_acquire(). Add an else statement to use the key only when mctp_key_add() is successful. Fixes: 4f9e1ba6de45 ("mctp: Add tracepoints for tag/key handling") Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mctp/route.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/net/mctp/route.c +++ b/net/mctp/route.c @@ -414,13 +414,14 @@ static int mctp_route_input(struct mctp_ * this function. */ rc = mctp_key_add(key, msk); - if (rc) + if (rc) { kfree(key); + } else { + trace_mctp_key_acquire(key); - trace_mctp_key_acquire(key); - - /* we don't need to release key->lock on exit */ - mctp_key_unref(key); + /* we don't need to release key->lock on exit */ + mctp_key_unref(key); + } key = NULL; } else {