From: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00@gmail.com>
To: jikos@kernel.org, bentiss@kernel.org
Cc: gargaditya08@live.com, linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] HID: appletb-kbd: fix "appletb_backlight" backlight device reference counting
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:59:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250615225941.18320-1-qasdev00@gmail.com> (raw)
During appletb_kbd_probe, probe attempts to get the backlight device
by name. When this happens backlight_device_get_by_name looks for a
device in the backlight class which has name "appletb_backlight" and
upon finding a match it increments the reference count for the device
and returns it to the caller. However this reference is never released
leading to a reference leak.
Fix this by decrementing the backlight device reference count on removal
via put_device and on probe failure.
Fixes: 93a0fc489481 ("HID: hid-appletb-kbd: add support for automatic brightness control while using the touchbar")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00@gmail.com>
---
drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c b/drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c
index ef51b2c06872..e06567886e50 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ static int appletb_kbd_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id
return 0;
close_hw:
+ if (kbd->backlight_dev)
+ put_device(&kbd->backlight_dev->dev);
hid_hw_close(hdev);
stop_hw:
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
@@ -453,6 +455,9 @@ static void appletb_kbd_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
input_unregister_handler(&kbd->inp_handler);
timer_delete_sync(&kbd->inactivity_timer);
+ if (kbd->backlight_dev)
+ put_device(&kbd->backlight_dev->dev);
+
hid_hw_close(hdev);
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
}
--
2.39.5
next reply other threads:[~2025-06-15 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-15 22:59 Qasim Ijaz [this message]
2025-06-18 13:00 ` [PATCH] HID: appletb-kbd: fix "appletb_backlight" backlight device reference counting Aditya Garg
2025-06-20 7:01 ` Jiri Kosina
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