linux-kernel - [PATCH] vfio/xe: Fix use-after-free in xe_vfio_pci_alloc

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Message-ID: <20251225151349.360870-1-alperyasinak1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:13:49 +0300
From: Alper Ak <alperyasinak1@...il.com>
To: michal.winiarski@...el.com
Cc: Alper Ak <alperyasinak1@...il.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
	Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com>,
	Shameer Kolothum <skolothumtho@...dia.com>,
	Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
	Alex Williamson <alex@...zbot.org>,
	Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	intel-xe@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] vfio/xe: Fix use-after-free in xe_vfio_pci_alloc_file()

migf->filp is accessed after migf has been freed. Save the error
value before calling kfree() to prevent use-after-free.

Fixes: 1f5556ec8b9e ("vfio/xe: Add device specific vfio_pci driver variant for Intel graphics")
Signed-off-by: Alper Ak <alperyasinak1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c
index 0156b53c678b..8e1595e00e18 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/xe/main.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ xe_vfio_pci_alloc_file(struct xe_vfio_pci_core_device *xe_vdev,
 	struct xe_vfio_pci_migration_file *migf;
 	const struct file_operations *fops;
 	int flags;
+	int ret;
 
 	migf = kzalloc(sizeof(*migf), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!migf)
@@ -259,8 +260,9 @@ xe_vfio_pci_alloc_file(struct xe_vfio_pci_core_device *xe_vdev,
 	flags = type == XE_VFIO_FILE_SAVE ? O_RDONLY : O_WRONLY;
 	migf->filp = anon_inode_getfile("xe_vfio_mig", fops, migf, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(migf->filp)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(migf->filp);
 		kfree(migf);
-		return ERR_CAST(migf->filp);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
 
 	mutex_init(&migf->lock);
-- 
2.43.0