From: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fbdev: dnfb: fix reference leak on failed device registration
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:07:38 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415190738.3821974-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com> (raw)
When platform_device_register() fails in dnfb_init(), the embedded
struct device in dnfb_device has already been initialized by
device_initialize(), but the failure path only unregisters the platform
driver and does not drop the device reference for the current platform
device:
dnfb_init()
-> platform_device_register(&dnfb_device)
-> device_initialize(&dnfb_device.dev)
-> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&dnfb_device)
-> platform_device_add(&dnfb_device)
This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.
Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before unregistering the
platform driver.
The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/dnfb.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/dnfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/dnfb.c
index c4d24540d9ef..72a9c47418f8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/dnfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/dnfb.c
@@ -296,8 +296,10 @@ static int __init dnfb_init(void)
if (!ret) {
ret = platform_device_register(&dnfb_device);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ platform_device_put(&dnfb_device);
platform_driver_unregister(&dnfb_driver);
+ }
}
return ret;
}
--
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