From: Johan Hovold Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 10:45:49 +0000 (+0100) Subject: net: mctp: fix device leak on probe failure X-Git-Tag: v7.0-rc4~37^2~40 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=224a0d284c3caf1951302d1744a714784febed71;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git net: mctp: fix device leak on probe failure Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to take additional references unless the structures are needed after disconnect. This driver takes a reference to the USB device during probe but does not to release it on probe failures. Drop the redundant device reference to fix the leak, reduce cargo culting, make it easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is needed, and reduce the risk of further memory leaks. Fixes: 0791c0327a6e ("net: mctp: Add MCTP USB transport driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.15 Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260305104549.16110-1-johan@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- diff --git a/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c b/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c index ef860cfc629f..3b5dff144177 100644 --- a/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static int mctp_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &intf->dev); dev = netdev_priv(netdev); dev->netdev = netdev; - dev->usbdev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf)); + dev->usbdev = interface_to_usbdev(intf); dev->intf = intf; usb_set_intfdata(intf, dev); @@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ static void mctp_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf) mctp_unregister_netdev(dev->netdev); usb_free_urb(dev->tx_urb); usb_free_urb(dev->rx_urb); - usb_put_dev(dev->usbdev); free_netdev(dev->netdev); }