From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> commit ced4913efb0acc844ed65cc01d091a85d83a2082 upstream. In case device registration fails during probe, the driver state and the embedded platform device structure needs to be freed using platform_device_put() to properly free all resources (e.g. the device name). Fixes: 0a0b7a5f7a04 ("can: add driver for Softing card") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211222104843.6105-1-johan@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.38 Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/softing/softing_cs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_cs.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_cs.c @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int softingcs_probe(struct pcmcia return 0; platform_failed: - kfree(dev); + platform_device_put(pdev); mem_failed: pcmcia_bad: pcmcia_failed: