[PATCH] net: mediatek: fix PPE resource leak on remove

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 01:16:50 EST


mtk_ppe_init() initializes the l2_flows rhashtable for each PPE
instance.

The probe failure path releases these resources with
mtk_ppe_deinit(). However, after a successful probe, mtk_remove()
tears down the network devices without calling mtk_ppe_deinit(),
leaving the PPE rhashtable resources allocated.

Call mtk_ppe_deinit() during device removal before freeing the network
devices.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

Fixes: 33fc42de3327 ("net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: support creating mac address based offload entries")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
index be3bd025c41a..04d0a1eec4cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
@@ -5394,6 +5394,7 @@ static void mtk_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

netif_napi_del(&eth->tx_napi);
netif_napi_del(&eth->rx_napi);
+ mtk_ppe_deinit(eth);
mtk_cleanup(eth);
free_netdev(eth->dummy_dev);
mtk_mdio_cleanup(eth);
--
2.43.0