transport_add_device() is declared as void but it can actually fail. Since the caller has no knowledge of the error, a later call to transport_remove_device() may cause a kernel crash.
An example is a memory allocation error in this call path: int device_private_init(struct device *dev) { dev->p = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev->p), GFP_KERNEL); device_private_init device_add attribute_container_add_class_device transport_add_class_device attribute_container_device_trigger transport_add_device This results in a NULL pointer access in device_del(): if (parent) klist_del(&dev->p->knode_parent); klist_del device_del attribute_container_class_device_del transport_remove_classdev attribute_container_device_trigger transport_remove_device