kfree(dev) is called in put_device(&dev->device) so that following use would cause use-after-free bug.
There are two inappropriate use of put_device: 1. In create_visor_device, put dev_err before put_device to fix this. 2. In remove_visor_device, the former put_device is redundant because device_unregister contains put_device already. Fixes: 93d3ad90c2d4 ("drivers: visorbus: move driver out of staging") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hul...@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Qinglang Miao <miaoqingl...@huawei.com> --- drivers/visorbus/visorbus_main.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/visorbus/visorbus_main.c b/drivers/visorbus/visorbus_main.c index 152fd29f0..031349baf 100644 --- a/drivers/visorbus/visorbus_main.c +++ b/drivers/visorbus/visorbus_main.c @@ -695,15 +695,14 @@ int create_visor_device(struct visor_device *dev) return 0; err_put: - put_device(&dev->device); dev_err(&dev->device, "Creating visor device failed. %d\n", err); + put_device(&dev->device); return err; } void remove_visor_device(struct visor_device *dev) { list_del(&dev->list_all); - put_device(&dev->device); if (dev->pending_msg_hdr) visorbus_response(dev, 0, CONTROLVM_DEVICE_DESTROY); device_unregister(&dev->device); -- 2.23.0