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Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:01:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.14] ([38.15.57.99]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5614622812f47-4797a235f6bsm1063781b6e.4.2026.04.15.09.01.52 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:01:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <75275f6e-8314-4dd6-a54e-95320c2224e2@linuxfoundation.org> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:01:51 -0600 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: vimc: fix reference leak on failed device registration To: Guangshuo Li , Kieran Bingham , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Hans Verkuil , Dafna Hirschfeld , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Shuah Khan References: <20260415154537.3451732-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Shuah Khan In-Reply-To: <20260415154537.3451732-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 4/15/26 09:45, Guangshuo Li wrote: > When platform_device_register() fails in vimc_init(), the embedded > struct device in vimc_pdev has already been initialized by > device_initialize(), but the failure path returns the error without > dropping the device reference for the current platform device: > > vimc_init() > -> platform_device_register(&vimc_pdev) > -> device_initialize(&vimc_pdev.dev) > -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&vimc_pdev) > -> platform_device_add(&vimc_pdev) > > This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails. > Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before returning the error. > > The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and > confirmed by manual review. Can you share your manual review? Can other static analysis tools for example scripts/coccinelle support your findings? > > Fixes: 4babf057c143f ("media: vimc: allocate vimc_device dynamically") > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li > --- > drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-core.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-core.c b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-core.c > index 15167e127461..fee0c7a09c4f 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-core.c > +++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vimc/vimc-core.c > @@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ static int __init vimc_init(void) > if (ret) { > dev_err(&vimc_pdev.dev, > "platform device registration failed (err=%d)\n", ret); > + platform_device_put(&vimc_pdev); Where does platform_device_get() happen when platform_device_register() fails? thanks, -- Shuah