When acpi_ns_repair_CID() is called for a _CID which returns a package
of strings, it calls acpi_ns_repair_HID() for each of the package
elements.  acpi_ns_repair_HID() calls acpi_ut_remove_reference() on the
original object, but acpi_ns_repair_CID() calls it again on return,
leading to a double free.

This problem was seen on a Acer TravelMate P449-G2-MG.

Thanks to Daniel Drake for helping investigating this problem.

Signed-off-by: João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprv...@endlessm.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
index d5336122486b..c429c8eca476 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsrepair2.c
@@ -411,8 +411,6 @@ acpi_ns_repair_CID(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info,
 
                        (*element_ptr)->common.reference_count =
                            original_ref_count;
-
-                       acpi_ut_remove_reference(original_element);
                }
 
                element_ptr++;
-- 
2.11.0

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