Re: [PATCH] PCI: endpoint: Fix a double free in __pci_epc_create()
From: Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Jan 03 2025 - 05:29:33 EST
> The put_device(&epc->dev) call will trigger pci_epc_release() which
> frees "epc" so the kfree(epc) on the next line is a double free.
See also:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.13-rc5#n94
> Found by code review.
Would you become interested to check how many similar control flows
can still be detected by the means of automated advanced source code analyses?
Regards,
Markus