From: Joe Hattori Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 03:08:03 +0000 (+0900) Subject: i2c: core: fix reference leak in i2c_register_adapter() X-Git-Tag: v6.13~12^2~5 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3f8c4f5e9a57868fa107016c81165686d23325f2;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git i2c: core: fix reference leak in i2c_register_adapter() The reference count of the device incremented in device_initialize() is not decremented when device_add() fails. Add a put_device() call before returning from the function. This bug was found by an experimental static analysis tool that I am developing. Fixes: 60f68597024d ("i2c: core: Setup i2c_adapter runtime-pm before calling device_add()") Signed-off-by: Joe Hattori Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang --- diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c index 7c810893bfa33..75d30861ffe21 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c @@ -1562,6 +1562,7 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap) res = device_add(&adap->dev); if (res) { pr_err("adapter '%s': can't register device (%d)\n", adap->name, res); + put_device(&adap->dev); goto out_list; }