[PATCH 5.17 028/298] rpmsg: virtio: Fix possible double free in rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jun 13 2022 - 10:16:35 EST


From: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 1680939e9ecf7764fba8689cfb3429c2fe2bb23c ]

vch will be free in virtio_rpmsg_release_device() when
rpmsg_ctrldev_register_device() fails. There is no need to call
kfree() again.

Fixes: c486682ae1e2 ("rpmsg: virtio: Register the rpmsg_char device")
Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Arnaud Pouliquen <arnaud.pouliquen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220426060536.15594-3-hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index 1c39e9c4fa02..99e0de65733a 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_device *rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev(struct virtio_device *vdev

err = rpmsg_chrdev_register_device(rpdev_ctrl);
if (err) {
- kfree(vch);
+ /* vch will be free in virtio_rpmsg_release_device() */
return ERR_PTR(err);
}

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