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Otherwise, when device_register() return error\nand put_device() try to callback the release function, the below warning\nmay happen.\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4760 at drivers/base/core.c:2567 device_release+0x1bd/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2567\n Modules linked in:\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4760 Comm: syz.4.914 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc3+ #1 NONE\n RIP: 0010:device_release+0x1bd/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2567\n Call Trace:\n \n kobject_cleanup+0x136/0x410 lib/kobject.c:689\n kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]\n kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]\n kobject_put+0xe9/0x130 lib/kobject.c:737\n put_device+0x24/0x30 drivers/base/core.c:3797\n pps_register_cdev+0x2da/0x370 drivers/pps/pps.c:402\n pps_register_source+0x2f6/0x480 drivers/pps/kapi.c:108\n pps_tty_open+0x190/0x310 drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c:57\n tty_ldisc_open+0xa7/0x120 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:432\n tty_set_ldisc+0x333/0x780 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c:563\n tiocsetd drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2429 [inline]\n tty_ioctl+0x5d1/0x1700 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2728\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:598 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:584 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x194/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:584\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x2a0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n \n\nBefore commit c79a39dc8d06 (\"pps: Fix a use-after-free\"),\npps_register_cdev() call device_create() to create pps->dev, which will\ninit dev->release to device_create_release(). Now the comment is outdated,\njust remove it.\n\nThanks for the reminder from Calvin Owens, 'kfree_pps' should be removed\nin pps_register_source() to avoid a double free in the failure case.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-10-28T11:48:38.838+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T01:08:52.337+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n \"product\": \"Linux\",\n \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n \"programFiles\": [\n \"drivers/pps/kapi.c\",\n \"drivers/pps/pps.c\"\n ],\n \"versions\": [\n {\n \"version\": \"785c78ed0d39d1717cca3ef931d3e51337b5e90e\",\n \"lessThan\": \"38c7bb10aae5118dd48fa7a82f7bf93839bcc320\",\n \"status\": \"affected\",\n \"versionType\": \"git\"\n },\n {\n \"version\": \"1a7735ab2cb9747518a7416fb5929e85442dec62\",\n \"lessThan\": \"2a194707ca27a3b0523023fa8b446e5ec922dc51\",\n \"status\": 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