[PATCH] btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info() error path
From: Guangshuo Li
Date: Tue Mar 31 2026 - 23:18:18 EST
When kobject_init_and_add() fails, btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type()
calls kobject_put(&space_info->kobj).
The kobject release callback space_info_release() frees space_info,
but the current error path in create_space_info() then calls
kfree(space_info) again, causing a double free.
Keep the direct kfree(space_info) for the earlier failure path, but
after btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let
the kobject release callback handle the cleanup.
Fixes: a11224a016d6d ("btrfs: fix memory leaks in create_space_info() error paths")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/space-info.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 3f08e450f796..d7176eb2fcbf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static int create_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 flags)
ret = btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type(space_info);
if (ret)
- goto out_free;
+ return ret;
list_add(&space_info->list, &info->space_info);
if (flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA)
--
2.43.0