From: ruanjinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit fd2c930cf6a5b9176382c15f9acb1996e76e25ad ] If device_register() returns error in tifm_7xx1_switch_media(), name of kobject which is allocated in dev_set_name() called in device_add() is leaked. Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized. Fixes: 2428a8fe2261 ("tifm: move common device management tasks from tifm_7xx1 to tifm_core") Signed-off-by: ruanjinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221117064725.3478402-1-ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c b/drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c index 017c2f7d6287..7dd86a9858ab 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c +++ b/drivers/misc/tifm_7xx1.c @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static void tifm_7xx1_switch_media(struct work_struct *work) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fm->lock, flags); } if (sock) - tifm_free_device(&sock->dev); + put_device(&sock->dev); } spin_lock_irqsave(&fm->lock, flags); } -- 2.35.1