mfd: sm501: Fix reference leak on failed device registration

When platform_device_register() fails in sm501_register_device(), the
embedded struct device in pdev has already been initialized by
device_initialize(), but the failure path only reports the error and
returns without dropping the device reference for the current platform
device:

  sm501_register_device()
    -> platform_device_register(pdev)
       -> device_initialize(&pdev->dev)
       -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(pdev)
       -> platform_device_add(pdev)

This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.
Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before returning the error.

The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.

Fixes: b6d6454fdb ("[PATCH] mfd: SM501 core driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260415162627.3558789-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Guangshuo Li
2026-04-16 00:26:27 +08:00
committed by Lee Jones
parent 9adbe53e32
commit 8c2f0b42fc

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@@ -704,9 +704,11 @@ static int sm501_register_device(struct sm501_devdata *sm,
if (ret >= 0) {
dev_dbg(sm->dev, "registered %s\n", pdev->name);
list_add_tail(&smdev->list, &sm->devices);
} else
} else {
dev_err(sm->dev, "error registering %s (%d)\n",
pdev->name, ret);
platform_device_put(pdev);
}
return ret;
}