From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:17:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZ1sjK3LwiLDt4F2@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026022329-flashing-ought-7573@gregkh>
On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:28:30PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> When the device is disconnected from the driver, there is a "dangling"
> reference count on the usb interface that was grabbed in the probe
> callback. Fix this up by properly dropping the reference after we are
> done with it.
>
> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
> Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_2000
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Hi Greg,
As a fix, a Fixes tag seems appropriate.
This seems to have been there since the beginning, so perhaps this one:
Fixes: c46ee38620a2 ("NFC: pn533: add NXP pn533 nfc device driver")
That notwithstanding, this looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 9:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-23 11:28 [PATCH net] nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-24 9:17 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2026-02-25 14:31 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-25 18:57 ` Simon Horman
2026-02-25 1:42 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-02-25 14:30 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-26 3:00 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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