[PATCH] [Patch v2] usbtv: Fix refcounting mixup

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The premature free in the error path is blocked by V4L
refcounting, not USB refcounting. Thanks to
Ben Hutchings for review.

[v2] corrected attributions

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 50e704453553 ("media: usbtv: prevent double free in error case")
CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
index 5095c380b2c1..4a03c4d66314 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ static int usbtv_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 usbtv_audio_fail:
 	/* we must not free at this point */
-	usb_get_dev(usbtv->udev);
+	v4l2_device_get(&usbtv->v4l2_dev);
+	/* this will undo the v4l2_device_get() */
 	usbtv_video_free(usbtv);
 
 usbtv_video_fail:
-- 
2.13.6




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