[PATCH] media: dvb-bt8xx: Fix potential double-free in frontend_init

From: Tuo Li

Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 04:10:45 EST


The caller in dvb-bt8xx.c (frontend_init) already frees the allocated
dst_state when dvb_attach(dst_attach, ...) returns NULL:

if (dvb_attach(dst_attach, state, &card->dvb_adapter) == NULL) {
pr_err("%s: Could not find a Twinhan DST\n", __func__);
kfree(state);
break;
}

Remove the redundant kfree() calls from dst_attach() to avoid
double-freeing the state on failure paths. This keeps ownership with the
caller until a successful attachment transfers it to the frontend.

Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/dst.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/dst.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/dst.c
index 110651e47831..5cdf8a77260c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/dst.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/dst.c
@@ -1694,7 +1694,6 @@ struct dst_state *dst_attach(struct dst_state *state, struct dvb_adapter *dvb_ad
{
/* check if the ASIC is there */
if (dst_probe(state) < 0) {
- kfree(state);
return NULL;
}
/* determine settings based on type */
@@ -1714,7 +1713,6 @@ struct dst_state *dst_attach(struct dst_state *state, struct dvb_adapter *dvb_ad
break;
default:
pr_err("unknown DST type. please report to the LinuxTV.org DVB mailinglist.\n");
- kfree(state);
return NULL;
}
state->frontend.demodulator_priv = state;
--
2.43.0