[PATCH 6.12 189/242] cpufreq: governor: fix double free in cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() error path

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-08T18:47:25Z

From: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>

commit 6dcf9d0064ce2f3e3dfe5755f98b93abe6a98e1e upstream.

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 <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Cc: All applicable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260401024535.1395801-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -468,13 +468,13 @@ int cpufreq_dbs_governor_init(struct cpu
/* 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);