[PATCH next] vfio/xe: Fix use after free in xe_vfio_pci_alloc_file()
From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Fri Dec 05 2025 - 06:39:18 EST
This code frees "migf" and then dereferences it on the next line to get
the error code. Preserve the error code before freeing the pointer.
Fixes: 2e38c50ae492 ("vfio/xe: Add device specific vfio_pci driver variant for Intel graphics")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c
index 0156b53c678b..8e1595e00e18 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ xe_vfio_pci_alloc_file(struct xe_vfio_pci_core_device *xe_vdev,
struct xe_vfio_pci_migration_file *migf;
const struct file_operations *fops;
int flags;
+ int ret;
migf = kzalloc(sizeof(*migf), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
if (!migf)
@@ -259,8 +260,9 @@ xe_vfio_pci_alloc_file(struct xe_vfio_pci_core_device *xe_vdev,
flags = type == XE_VFIO_FILE_SAVE ? O_RDONLY : O_WRONLY;
migf->filp = anon_inode_getfile("xe_vfio_mig", fops, migf, flags);
if (IS_ERR(migf->filp)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(migf->filp);
kfree(migf);
- return ERR_CAST(migf->filp);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
mutex_init(&migf->lock);
--
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