From: Guangshuo Li Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 12:47:47 +0000 (-0400) Subject: cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() error path X-Git-Tag: v6.1.168~19 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=019ea28629720c220daedf38107c8787f330dc05;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() error path [ Upstream commit 6dcf9d0064ce2f3e3dfe5755f98b93abe6a98e1e ] When kobject_init_and_add() fails, cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() calls kobject_put(&dbs_data->attr_set.kobj). The kobject release callback cpufreq_dbs_data_release() calls gov->exit(dbs_data) and kfree(dbs_data), but the current error path then calls gov->exit(dbs_data) and kfree(dbs_data) again, causing a double free. Keep the direct kfree(dbs_data) for the gov->init() failure path, but after kobject_init_and_add() has been called, let kobject_put() handle the cleanup through cpufreq_dbs_data_release(). Fixes: 4ebe36c94aed ("cpufreq: Fix kobject memleak") Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li Reviewed-by: Zhongqiu Han Acked-by: Viresh Kumar Cc: All applicable Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401024535.1395801-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c index 8f5474612b312..00a26fa6292c5 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c @@ -468,13 +468,13 @@ int cpufreq_dbs_governor_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) /* Failure, so roll back. */ pr_err("initialization failed (dbs_data kobject init error %d)\n", ret); - kobject_put(&dbs_data->attr_set.kobj); - policy->governor_data = NULL; if (!have_governor_per_policy()) gov->gdbs_data = NULL; - gov->exit(dbs_data); + + kobject_put(&dbs_data->attr_set.kobj); + goto free_policy_dbs_info; free_dbs_data: kfree(dbs_data);