[PATCH 6.12 192/567] intel_th: Fix error handling in intel_th_output_open

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-01-06T17:24:52Z

From: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>

commit 6d5925b667e4ed9e77c8278cc215191d29454a3f upstream.

intel_th_output_open() calls bus_find_device_by_devt() which
internally increments the device reference count via get_device(), but
this reference is not properly released in several error paths. When
device driver is unavailable, file operations cannot be obtained, or
the driver's open method fails, the function returns without calling
put_device(), leading to a permanent device reference count leak. This
prevents the device from being properly released and could cause
resource exhaustion over time.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Fixes: 39f4034693b7 ("intel_th: Add driver infrastructure for Intel(R) Trace Hub devices")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251112091723.35963-1-make24@iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/core.c
@@ -810,13 +810,17 @@ static int intel_th_output_open(struct i
int err;

dev = bus_find_device_by_devt(&intel_th_bus, inode->i_rdev);
- if (!dev || !dev->driver)
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (!dev || !dev->driver) {
+ err = -ENODEV;
+ goto out_no_device;
+ }

thdrv = to_intel_th_driver(dev->driver);
fops = fops_get(thdrv->fops);
- if (!fops)
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (!fops) {
+ err = -ENODEV;
+ goto out_put_device;
+ }

replace_fops(file, fops);

@@ -824,10 +828,16 @@ static int intel_th_output_open(struct i

if (file->f_op->open) {
err = file->f_op->open(inode, file);
- return err;
+ if (err)
+ goto out_put_device;
}

return 0;
+
+out_put_device:
+ put_device(dev);
+out_no_device:
+ return err;
}

static const struct file_operations intel_th_output_fops = {