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 C8D4F224B15; Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:31:12 +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=1767720672; cv=none; b=AsHs1dvpRrfsLhSwj0ohUhT3ffIvCoP+6o2FuZMGBLKMoKnf0Nw96aHI26ehTVWSAVwatxa+azj57aqz9r5+lqykwt3StyAMC1Qr1VZDST42vgkvts9d2HoyeFB14H3Xj4uYw5uGB/EOk+jisp8kpnB5qK2hv1LbTCLFODIbX2E= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767720672; c=relaxed/simple; bh=yTsJbd/SqQf5bi/N1AEhaFTtviQlHVkPIUThdTJiK0U=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=qUpHhblVEPYpaHvoidKYIdN6CKNsERkbKqW3dbzYuHYmUofJJNy2i6IeXtyOjjiWEkKHuGowDxF446MXzxT0Nr2tsuxvQX9Igv+5Zh405dQNF1dQK+nVmLUDbdewXx8xhhTeXZOtdGqRwJKrEPtzQUgeGZO99Z98vqpozeYprZA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=pOc/CqJw; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="pOc/CqJw" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 364EFC16AAE; Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:31:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1767720672; bh=yTsJbd/SqQf5bi/N1AEhaFTtviQlHVkPIUThdTJiK0U=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=pOc/CqJwvuRSyFL5ZyZFLnBI+zNBxJxmBqSG1wGWmAOVU1NTQtT9iEZ7glt2Q8AB4 HEKwz2lsZlHFsyUWsXeDOvYG6uFs49XVQFDXrjaoDXV8YiBvFKdMmK+1Si5BpAiUYA ggAqH3oX0gZqyB2LWryDgdBo/KFNYwXP6/eTWkv4= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Johan Hovold , Neal Gompa , Sven Peter Subject: [PATCH 6.12 280/567] soc: apple: mailbox: fix device leak on lookup Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:01:02 +0100 Message-ID: <20260106170501.687994395@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 In-Reply-To: <20260106170451.332875001@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260106170451.332875001@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Johan Hovold commit f401671e90ccc26b3022f177c4156a429c024f6c upstream. Make sure to drop the reference taken to the mbox platform device when looking up its driver data. Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference. Fixes: 6e1457fcad3f ("soc: apple: mailbox: Add ASC/M3 mailbox driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.8 Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold Reviewed-by: Neal Gompa Signed-off-by: Sven Peter Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/soc/apple/mailbox.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/soc/apple/mailbox.c +++ b/drivers/soc/apple/mailbox.c @@ -299,11 +299,18 @@ struct apple_mbox *apple_mbox_get(struct return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); mbox = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); - if (!mbox) - return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); + if (!mbox) { + mbox = ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); + goto out_put_pdev; + } + + if (!device_link_add(dev, &pdev->dev, DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER)) { + mbox = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); + goto out_put_pdev; + } - if (!device_link_add(dev, &pdev->dev, DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER)) - return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); +out_put_pdev: + put_device(&pdev->dev); return mbox; }