[PATCH v2] btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info() error path

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Wed Apr 01 2026 - 06:59:56 EST


When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is:

create_space_info()
-> btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type()
-> kobject_init_and_add()
-> failure
-> kobject_put(&space_info->kobj)
-> space_info_release()
-> kfree(space_info)

Then control returns to create_space_info():

btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error
-> goto out_free
-> kfree(space_info)

This causes 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
Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- add the full failure path to the changelog

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