From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B84D2638A0; Tue, 11 Feb 2025 01:32:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1739237555; cv=none; b=Nf68KfxEldunPV8PKfSR9o1t/o1vdqGrmZU80HjXSOxFykC5n8N1c4iFEqD4ti45D8oBMAgNyft0igaGNUMJdWbZTLKQp2ufP7/DqeGr686Js6rxxZW+GkETscI99kaYzd3mjGXLdnApbIQYUHYNBroWZoruY15mKsfwKyYVxTQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1739237555; c=relaxed/simple; bh=yyyMrPUwTP4pP3Bs1bNqgH5jsxA27ztwNAhxHKaphEE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=pZ1j/o/kn+Vp1g7NRE1N/ybdoVuerp0YIu7541+fw+7f5kKwx1hrLwKqsZ+1Hv5B60JuwUyazyM9uREdqdmdsC2kNdPSP3GElCIU5qf0BdF5Q5RhobsP3KWBrtA+djtoiO0y+npGcivJFRMNHJefsK/Ra0eRoMK/Z87r2ikRYPw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=eQxSJGrh; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="eQxSJGrh" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 81065C4CEE8; Tue, 11 Feb 2025 01:32:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1739237555; bh=yyyMrPUwTP4pP3Bs1bNqgH5jsxA27ztwNAhxHKaphEE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=eQxSJGrhG2ujcikyJFvUS9h0txfGDI/Wrads0Flml90XmuZenJkxa5aWm7QUqozPn pSdI6KeO50WnIIUSgbK1Mw44SVHYxNRmCnNlYmx6Rf7VR0rmqO0zoMY+u1NORb70lp Xh0vJ60O5gMsI3tEQIaxomWF0COMYWNTej2fWr4kY26fUFW4q9u/7WW74gYF4xZeRL tHnwyuJyxygsbpaa8U1g9hUqJPOAVNiyXFfRxETT6ddVYqLhJ1bGsvsD2C4sjoJ15O CGl7B+qgZrHfaTbzkVOpY0XrvF9ChLPhuLSl0MnLDxZAHDWi48IrHqfDYZALLfRcSs i13UzY2zW6yWQ== From: Sasha Levin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Joe Hattori , "Rafael J . Wysocki" , Sasha Levin , rafael@kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.15 3/9] powercap: call put_device() on an error path in powercap_register_control_type() Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:32:24 -0500 Message-Id: <20250211013230.4098681-3-sashal@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.5 In-Reply-To: <20250211013230.4098681-1-sashal@kernel.org> References: <20250211013230.4098681-1-sashal@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: Ignore X-stable-base: Linux 5.15.178 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Joe Hattori [ Upstream commit 93c66fbc280747ea700bd6199633d661e3c819b3 ] powercap_register_control_type() calls device_register(), but does not release the refcount of the device when it fails. Call put_device() before returning an error to balance the refcount. Since the kfree(control_type) will be done by powercap_release(), remove the lines in powercap_register_control_type() before returning the error. This bug was found by an experimental verifier that I am developing. Signed-off-by: Joe Hattori Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250110010554.1583411-1-joe@pf.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp [ rjw: Changelog edits ] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/powercap/powercap_sys.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/powercap/powercap_sys.c b/drivers/powercap/powercap_sys.c index ff736b006198f..fd475e463d1fa 100644 --- a/drivers/powercap/powercap_sys.c +++ b/drivers/powercap/powercap_sys.c @@ -626,8 +626,7 @@ struct powercap_control_type *powercap_register_control_type( dev_set_name(&control_type->dev, "%s", name); result = device_register(&control_type->dev); if (result) { - if (control_type->allocated) - kfree(control_type); + put_device(&control_type->dev); return ERR_PTR(result); } idr_init(&control_type->idr); -- 2.39.5