From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ma Ke <make_ruc2021@163.com>, Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] i2c: acpi: Fix adapter reference leak in i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode()
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:04:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111030452.828799-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111030452.828799-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Ma Ke <make_ruc2021@163.com>
[ Upstream commit a65917d0a22f9b10694853b725f9cd399fc3ef4d ]
i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode() obtains an i2c_adapter through
i2c_acpi_find_adapter_by_handle(). That helper uses bus_find_device()
internally, so it returns the adapter with a reference held:
adapter = i2c_verify_adapter(dev);
if (!adapter)
put_device(dev);
return adapter;
The reference is only put on the failure path inside that helper. The
caller owns it otherwise. i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode() never drops
it, neither on the -EPROBE_DEFER path nor after
i2c_new_client_device(), so every call leaks one reference on the
adapter and the adapter can never be released.
i2c_new_client_device() does not consume that reference. It registers
the new client with the adapter as its parent, and device_add() takes
its own reference on the parent, which device_del() releases when the
client goes away. The reference obtained by the lookup is a separate
one and has to be dropped here.
i2c_acpi_notify() in the same file already does exactly this. It takes
the adapter from the same helper, registers the client through
i2c_acpi_register_device(), which calls i2c_new_client_device(), and
then puts the reference.
i2c_new_client_device() gives the client its own reference on the
adapter, so ours can be dropped unconditionally.
Found by code review.
Fixes: 605f8fc22442 ("i2c: core: Add new i2c_acpi_new_device helper function")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make_ruc2021@163.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.12+
Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261012013421.3597430-1-make_ruc2021@163.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
index 1ee80ada212c3..9081ee60bd702 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
{
struct i2c_acpi_lookup lookup;
struct i2c_adapter *adapter;
+ struct i2c_client *client;
struct acpi_device *adev;
LIST_HEAD(resource_list);
int ret;
@@ -551,7 +552,10 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
if (!adapter)
return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
- return i2c_new_client_device(adapter, info);
+ client = i2c_new_client_device(adapter, info);
+ put_device(&adapter->dev);
+
+ return client;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode);
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 3:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 11:10 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] i2c: acpi: Fix adapter reference leak in i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 3:04 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] i2c: acpi: Add i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode() function Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 3:04 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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