usb_get_dev() is called in stub_device_alloc(). When stub_probe() fails after that, usb_put_dev() needs to be called to release the reference. Fix this by moving usb_put_dev() to sdev_free error path handling. Find this by code review. Fixes: 3ff67445750a ("usbip: fix error handling in stub_probe()") Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: add more description of this patch. v3: add how to find the problem. drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c index d8d3892e5a69..3c6d452e3bf4 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c +++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c @@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ static int stub_probe(struct usb_device *udev) err_port: dev_set_drvdata(&udev->dev, NULL); - usb_put_dev(udev); /* we already have busid_priv, just lock busid_lock */ spin_lock(&busid_priv->busid_lock); @@ -408,6 +407,7 @@ static int stub_probe(struct usb_device *udev) put_busid_priv(busid_priv); sdev_free: + usb_put_dev(udev); stub_device_free(sdev); return rc; -- 2.25.1