This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: usb: lan78xx: Fix memory leak on device unplug by freeing PHY device
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:
net-usb-lan78xx-fix-memory-leak-on-device-unplug-by-.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 4964b0fcbb3b6181f4a49540abee0dc3ae56064a
Author: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Nov 16 14:05:58 2024 +0100
net: usb: lan78xx: Fix memory leak on device unplug by freeing PHY device
[ Upstream commit ae7370e61c5d8f5bcefc2d4fca724bd4e9bbf789 ]
Add calls to `phy_device_free` after `fixed_phy_unregister` to fix a
memory leak that occurs when the device is unplugged. This ensures
proper cleanup of pseudo fixed-link PHYs.
Fixes: 89b36fb5e532 ("lan78xx: Lan7801 Support for Fixed PHY")
Cc: Raghuram Chary J <raghuramchary.jallipalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241116130558.1352230-2-o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index 77cb30259dca7..9d0d67e11eb14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -2220,6 +2220,7 @@ static int lan78xx_phy_init(struct lan78xx_net *dev)
if (dev->chipid == ID_REV_CHIP_ID_7801_) {
if (phy_is_pseudo_fixed_link(phydev)) {
fixed_phy_unregister(phydev);
+ phy_device_free(phydev);
} else {
phy_unregister_fixup_for_uid(PHY_KSZ9031RNX,
0xfffffff0);
@@ -3930,8 +3931,10 @@ static void lan78xx_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
phy_disconnect(net->phydev);
- if (phy_is_pseudo_fixed_link(phydev))
+ if (phy_is_pseudo_fixed_link(phydev)) {
fixed_phy_unregister(phydev);
+ phy_device_free(phydev);
+ }
usb_scuttle_anchored_urbs(&dev->deferred);
