From: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] eeprom: digsy_mtc: fix reference leak on failed device registration
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:52:02 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415165203.3584869-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com> (raw)
When platform_device_register() fails in digsy_mtc_eeprom_devices_init(),
the embedded struct device in digsy_mtc_eeprom has already been
initialized by device_initialize(), but the failure path only removes
the software node and does not drop the device reference for the current
platform device:
digsy_mtc_eeprom_devices_init()
-> platform_device_register(&digsy_mtc_eeprom)
-> device_initialize(&digsy_mtc_eeprom.dev)
-> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&digsy_mtc_eeprom)
-> platform_device_add(&digsy_mtc_eeprom)
This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.
Fix this by calling platform_device_put() after removing the software
node.
The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.
Fixes: c8ed97d8c3984 ("eeprom: digsy_mtc: Convert to use GPIO descriptors")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
---
drivers/misc/eeprom/digsy_mtc_eeprom.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/digsy_mtc_eeprom.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/digsy_mtc_eeprom.c
index ee58f7ce5bfa..54fcbdc0412a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/digsy_mtc_eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/digsy_mtc_eeprom.c
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ static int __init digsy_mtc_eeprom_devices_init(void)
return ret;
ret = platform_device_register(&digsy_mtc_eeprom);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
device_remove_software_node(&digsy_mtc_eeprom.dev);
+ platform_device_put(&digsy_mtc_eeprom);
+ }
return ret;
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-15 16:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-15 16:52 Guangshuo Li [this message]
2026-04-16 7:52 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-04-24 8:21 ` Guangshuo Li
2026-04-24 8:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
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