On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 02:22:38AM +0100, Lino Sanfilippo wrote: > From: Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfili...@kunbus.com> > > In tpmm_chip_alloc() a resource management action handler is installed to > release the chip->dev in case of error. This will result in the chip being > freed if it was the last reference. If the installation of the handler was > not successful an error is returned to the caller. > However in this case the chip->dev reference is not put and thus the chip > is never freed. Fix this by releasing the reference "by hand" in case that > the action handler installation failed. > > Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <l.sanfili...@kunbus.com> > --- > drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c > index ddaeceb..e242d2e 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c > @@ -423,11 +423,15 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpmm_chip_alloc(struct device *pdev, > (void (*)(void *)) put_device, > &chip->dev); > if (rc) > - return ERR_PTR(rc); > + goto put_dev; > > dev_set_drvdata(pdev, chip); > > return chip; > + > +put_dev: > + put_device(&chip->dev); > + return ERR_PTR(rc); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpmm_chip_alloc); > > -- > 2.7.4 >
NAK [*] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.11-rc3/source/include/linux/device.h#L257 /Jarkko
