[PATCH] reset: gpio: fix double free in reset_add_gpio_aux_device() error path
From: Guangshuo Li
Date: Sat Mar 21 2026 - 03:43:30 EST
When __auxiliary_device_add() fails, reset_add_gpio_aux_device()
calls auxiliary_device_uninit(adev).
The device release callback reset_gpio_aux_device_release() frees
adev, but the current error path then calls kfree(adev) again,
causing a double free.
Keep kfree(adev) for the auxiliary_device_init() failure path, but
avoid freeing adev after auxiliary_device_uninit().
Fixes: 5fc4e4cf7a22 ("reset: gpio: use software nodes to setup the GPIO lookup")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/reset/core.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/reset/core.c b/drivers/reset/core.c
index 0135dd0ae204..58ecde760b6e 100644
--- a/drivers/reset/core.c
+++ b/drivers/reset/core.c
@@ -856,7 +856,6 @@ static int reset_add_gpio_aux_device(struct device *parent,
ret = __auxiliary_device_add(adev, "reset");
if (ret) {
auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
- kfree(adev);
return ret;
}
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2.43.0