[PATCH 2/2] ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Put ACPI device on missing physical node

From: Shuhao Fu

Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 04:19:41 EST


acpi_dev_get_first_match_dev() returns a refcounted ACPI device and
callers must balance it with acpi_dev_put().

cs35l41_hda_read_acpi() stores the returned ACPI device in
cs35l41->dacpi. That reference is normally released by the later
probe cleanup or the remove path, but the NULL-check on
physdev exits before either of those paths can run.

Drop the lookup reference before returning -ENODEV.

Fixes: c34b04cc6178 ("ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_hda_read_acpi()")
Signed-off-by: Shuhao Fu <sfual@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/cs35l41_hda.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/cs35l41_hda.c b/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/cs35l41_hda.c
index b64890006bb7019..acfccc848f82d82 100644
--- a/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/cs35l41_hda.c
+++ b/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/cs35l41_hda.c
@@ -1896,8 +1896,10 @@ static int cs35l41_hda_read_acpi(struct cs35l41_hda *cs35l41, const char *hid, i

cs35l41->dacpi = adev;
physdev = get_device(acpi_get_first_physical_node(adev));
- if (!physdev)
+ if (!physdev) {
+ acpi_dev_put(adev);
return -ENODEV;
+ }

sub = acpi_get_subsystem_id(ACPI_HANDLE(physdev));
if (IS_ERR(sub))