When the best clk is searched, we iterate over all possible clk. If we find a better match, the previous one, if any, needs to be freed. If a better match has already been found, we still need to free the new one, otherwise it leaks. Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.3+ Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 5f5a7a5578c5 ("serial: samsung: switch to clkdev based clock lookup") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- I think that some clk_put() are also missing somewhere else in the driver but won't be able to investigate further. v2: No code change Add Cc: stable [Andi Shyti, as suggested for patch 1/2] Add R-b tags v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/93bf8f574310256fcea50e5c5a62b5c37e20bb14.1686285892.git.christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx/ --- drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c index a92a23e1964e..0b37019820b4 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/samsung_tty.c @@ -1490,10 +1490,18 @@ static unsigned int s3c24xx_serial_getclk(struct s3c24xx_uart_port *ourport, calc_deviation = -calc_deviation; if (calc_deviation < deviation) { + /* + * If we find a better clk, release the previous one, if + * any. + */ + if (!IS_ERR(*best_clk)) + clk_put(*best_clk); *best_clk = clk; best_quot = quot; *clk_num = cnt; deviation = calc_deviation; + } else { + clk_put(clk); } } -- 2.34.1