This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled regulator: core: fix module refcount leak in set_supply() to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: regulator-core-fix-module-refcount-leak-in-set_suppl.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit a8172993c5a1d96d6f1e4beed0dc94dbdb91bc1b Author: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Dec 1 20:27:05 2022 +0800 regulator: core: fix module refcount leak in set_supply() [ Upstream commit da46ee19cbd8344d6860816b4827a7ce95764867 ] If create_regulator() fails in set_supply(), the module refcount needs be put to keep refcount balanced. Fixes: e2c09ae7a74d ("regulator: core: Increase refcount for regulator supply's module") Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221201122706.4055992-2-yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c index 65900895a0b2..ab93debb817c 100644 --- a/drivers/regulator/core.c +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c @@ -1577,6 +1577,7 @@ static int set_supply(struct regulator_dev *rdev, rdev->supply = create_regulator(supply_rdev, &rdev->dev, "SUPPLY"); if (rdev->supply == NULL) { + module_put(supply_rdev->owner); err = -ENOMEM; return err; }