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From: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
To: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>,
	 Masakazu Mokuno <mokuno@sm.sony.co.jp>,
	"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>,
	 Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	 Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>,
	helgaas@kernel.org, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
	 sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/3] ARM: locomo: Fix device reference leak on registration failure
Date: Fri,  4 Sep 2026 17:16:07 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904171610.3342398-2-tarunsahu@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260904171610.3342398-1-tarunsahu@google.com>

As per device_register() kernel-doc, calling kfree() directly on
error bypasses reference counting and skips the device release
callback, leaking the reference. Even in case of device_register()
failure, Calling the put_device is advised.

Fix this by calling put_device() on device_registration failure
instead of kfree().

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reviewed-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
---
 arch/arm/common/locomo.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/common/locomo.c b/arch/arm/common/locomo.c
index 55e360452828..0f6689d343b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/common/locomo.c
+++ b/arch/arm/common/locomo.c
@@ -223,10 +223,8 @@ locomo_init_one_child(struct locomo *lchip, struct locomo_dev_info *info)
 	int ret;
 
 	dev = kzalloc_obj(struct locomo_dev);
-	if (!dev) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the parent device has a DMA mask associated with it,
@@ -255,10 +253,11 @@ locomo_init_one_child(struct locomo *lchip, struct locomo_dev_info *info)
 
 	ret = device_register(&dev->dev);
 	if (ret) {
- out:
-		kfree(dev);
+		put_device(&dev->dev);
+		return ret;
 	}
-	return ret;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
-- 
2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog



  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-04 17:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-04 17:16 [PATCH v4 0/3] Convert manual kfree(dev) to put_device() Tarun Sahu
2026-09-04 17:16 ` Tarun Sahu [this message]
2026-09-04 17:16 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] firmware: edd: Fix kobject reference leak on registration failure Tarun Sahu
2026-09-04 17:16 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] powerpc/ps3: use put_device() on device_register() failure in ps3_system_bus_device_register Tarun Sahu

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