In ksz_mdio_register(), when of_mdio_find_bus() is called to get the parent MDIO bus, it increments the reference count of the underlying device. However, the reference are not released in error paths or during switch teardown, causing a reference leak.
Add put_device() in the error path of ksz_mdio_register() and ksz_teardown() to release the parent bus.
Found by code review.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 9afaf0eec2ab ("net: dsa: microchip: Refactor MDIO handling for side MDIO access") Signed-off-by: Ma Ke make24@iscas.ac.cn --- drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c index 933ae8dc6337..49c0420a6df8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c @@ -2795,6 +2795,11 @@ static int ksz_mdio_register(struct ksz_device *dev) }
put_mdio_node: + if (ret && dev->parent_mdio_bus) { + put_device(&dev->parent_mdio_bus->dev); + dev->parent_mdio_bus = NULL; + } + of_node_put(mdio_np); of_node_put(parent_bus_node);
@@ -3110,6 +3115,11 @@ static void ksz_teardown(struct dsa_switch *ds) ksz_irq_free(&dev->girq); }
+ if (dev->parent_mdio_bus) { + put_device(&dev->parent_mdio_bus->dev); + dev->parent_mdio_bus = NULL; + } + if (dev->dev_ops->teardown) dev->dev_ops->teardown(ds); }
Hi,
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 12:20:00PM +0800, Ma Ke wrote:
In ksz_mdio_register(), when of_mdio_find_bus() is called to get the parent MDIO bus, it increments the reference count of the underlying device. However, the reference are not released in error paths or during switch teardown, causing a reference leak.
Add put_device() in the error path of ksz_mdio_register() and ksz_teardown() to release the parent bus.
Found by code review.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 9afaf0eec2ab ("net: dsa: microchip: Refactor MDIO handling for side MDIO access") Signed-off-by: Ma Ke make24@iscas.ac.cn
Reviewed-by: Oleksij Rempel o.rempel@pengutronix.de
Thank you!
Best Regards, Oleksij
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