After cdev_alloc() succeed and cdev_add() failed, call cdev_del() to remove unit->cdev from the system properly. Found by code review. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 8cb5d216ab33 ("char: xillybus: Move class-related functions to new xillybus_class.c") Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: - modified the patch as suggestions to avoid UAF. --- drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c index c92a628e389e..356af6551b0d 100644 --- a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c +++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillybus_class.c @@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ int xillybus_init_chrdev(struct device *dev, if (rc) { dev_err(dev, "Failed to add cdev.\n"); /* kobject_put() is normally done by cdev_del() */ - kobject_put(&unit->cdev->kobj); - goto unregister_chrdev; + goto err_cdev; } for (i = 0; i < num_nodes; i++) { @@ -157,6 +156,7 @@ int xillybus_init_chrdev(struct device *dev, device_destroy(&xillybus_class, MKDEV(unit->major, i + unit->lowest_minor)); +err_cdev: cdev_del(unit->cdev); unregister_chrdev: -- 2.25.1