[PATCH] vfio/xe: Fix use-after-free in xe_vfio_pci_alloc_file()
From: Alper Ak
Date: Thu Dec 25 2025 - 10:14:33 EST
migf->filp is accessed after migf has been freed. Save the error
value before calling kfree() to prevent use-after-free.
Fixes: 1f5556ec8b9e ("vfio/xe: Add device specific vfio_pci driver variant for Intel graphics")
Signed-off-by: Alper Ak <alperyasinak1@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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);
--
2.43.0