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btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info() error path
authorGuangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
Wed, 1 Apr 2026 10:56:19 +0000 (18:56 +0800)
committerDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Tue, 7 Apr 2026 16:56:09 +0000 (18:56 +0200)
commit3f487be81292702a59ea9dbc4088b3360a50e837
treee1fdbce05c5399660922caa8e12abdbc9c864ecd
parenta7449edf96143f192606ec8647e3167e1ecbd728
btrfs: fix double free in create_space_info() error path

When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the call chain is:

create_space_info()
-> btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type()
-> kobject_init_and_add()
-> failure
-> kobject_put(&space_info->kobj)
-> space_info_release()
-> kfree(space_info)

Then control returns to create_space_info():

btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() returns error
-> goto out_free
-> kfree(space_info)

This causes a double free.

Keep the direct kfree(space_info) for the earlier failure path, but
after btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() has called kobject_put(), let
the kobject release callback handle the cleanup.

Fixes: a11224a016d6d ("btrfs: fix memory leaks in create_space_info() error paths")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.19+
Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
fs/btrfs/space-info.c