[PATCH] Drivers: hv: util: Fix transport teardown on util_probe() failure
From: Andrey Misiurov
Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 18:44:04 EST
Commit 07a756a49f4b ("Drivers: hv: util: Avoid accessing a ringbuffer
not initialized yet") moved the creation of the KVP and VSS transports
after vmbus_open(). util_probe() still calls srv->util_deinit() when
vmbus_open() or util_init_transport() fails, and hv_kvp_deinit() and
hv_vss_deinit() destroy hvt unconditionally.
On the first probe, or when hvutil_transport_init() has failed, hvt is
NULL and hvutil_transport_destroy() dereferences it. After an unbind,
hvt still points to the transport freed by util_remove(), so a failed
re-probe frees it a second time.
Skip the destroy when there is no transport and clear hvt after it.
Found while reviewing a backport of commit 07a756a49f4b.
Not reproduced at runtime.
Fixes: 07a756a49f4b ("Drivers: hv: util: Avoid accessing a ringbuffer not initialized yet")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andrey Misiurov <amisiurov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c | 5 ++++-
drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
index 336b278..813bec5 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
@@ -825,5 +825,8 @@ void hv_kvp_deinit(void)
hv_kvp_cancel_work();
- hvutil_transport_destroy(hvt);
+ if (hvt) {
+ hvutil_transport_destroy(hvt);
+ hvt = NULL;
+ }
}
diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c b/drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c
index 847dc69..a827cef 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c
@@ -456,5 +456,8 @@ void hv_vss_deinit(void)
hv_vss_cancel_work();
- hvutil_transport_destroy(hvt);
+ if (hvt) {
+ hvutil_transport_destroy(hvt);
+ hvt = NULL;
+ }
}
--
2.43.7