[PATCH] drivers/base/node: fix UAF on device_register() failure
From: Linkai Gong
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 04:30:22 EST
node_init_node_access() frees the access node with kfree() if
device_register() fails. After device_register() the embedded device is
initialized and must be released with put_device() so that
node_access_release() can free it.
Use the same put_device error path style as node_init_cache_dev().
Fixes: 08d9dbe72b1f ("node: Link memory nodes to their compute nodes")
Signed-off-by: Linkai Gong <gonglinkai@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/node.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 3da91929ad4e..d2fd57c2edc8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ static struct node_access_nodes *node_init_node_access(struct node *node,
pm_runtime_no_callbacks(dev);
list_add_tail(&access_node->list_node, &node->access_list);
return access_node;
+
free_name:
- kfree_const(dev->kobj.name);
+ put_device(dev);
+ return NULL;
free:
kfree(access_node);
return NULL;
--
2.25.1