From: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit bfa54a793ba77ef696755b66f3ac4ed00c7d1248 upstream. For bus_register(), any error which happens after kset_register() will cause that @priv are freed twice, fixed by setting @priv with NULL after the first free. Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240727-bus_register_fix-v1-1-fed8dd0dba7a@xxxxxxxxxxx [ hagar : required setting bus->p with NULL instead of priv] Signed-off-by: Hagar Hemdan <hagarhem@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/bus.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c index f970a40a2f7a..0b0969e64f5c 100644 --- a/drivers/base/bus.c +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c @@ -873,6 +873,8 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type *bus) bus_remove_file(bus, &bus_attr_uevent); bus_uevent_fail: kset_unregister(&bus->p->subsys); + /* Above kset_unregister() will kfree @bus->p */ + bus->p = NULL; out: kfree(bus->p); bus->p = NULL; -- 2.47.1