[PATCH 6.1 213/609] media: vidtv: fix reference leak on failed device registration
Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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6.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Guangshuo Li <[email protected]> commit 9aa21e1549db8882ff77b691e7714153df21dff0 upstream. When platform_device_register() fails in vidtv_bridge_init(), the embedded struct device in vidtv_bridge_dev has already been initialized by device_initialize(), but the failure path returns the error without dropping the device reference for the current platform device: vidtv_bridge_init() -> platform_device_register(&vidtv_bridge_dev) -> device_initialize(&vidtv_bridge_dev.dev) -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&vidtv_bridge_dev) -> platform_device_add(&vidtv_bridge_dev) 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. Fixes: f90cf6079bf67 ("media: vidtv: add a bridge driver") Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c +++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_bridge.c @@ -596,8 +596,10 @@ static int __init vidtv_bridge_init(void int ret; ret = platform_device_register(&vidtv_bridge_dev); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + platform_device_put(&vidtv_bridge_dev); return ret; + } ret = platform_driver_register(&vidtv_bridge_driver); if (ret)