[PATCH] dmaengine: switchtec-dma: Fix device reference leak in switchtec_dma_create()
From: Wentao Liang
Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 05:44:13 EST
switchtec_dma_create() takes a reference on the PCI device with
get_device() and stores it in dma->dev. The reference is normally
dropped by switchtec_dma_release(), the device_release() callback,
which only runs after a successful dma_async_device_register(). If
the registration fails, the code frees the dma device directly from
the err_chans_release_exit label without ever dropping that extra
reference, leaking the reference taken on the PCI device.
Drop the reference with put_device() on the error path.
Fixes: d9587042b50f ("dmaengine: switchtec-dma: Introduce Switchtec DMA engine skeleton")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c b/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
index 3ef928640615..b07bdd0ac540 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
@@ -1297,6 +1297,7 @@ static int switchtec_dma_create(struct pci_dev *pdev)
err_chans_release_exit:
switchtec_dma_chans_release(pdev, swdma_dev);
+ put_device(dma->dev);
err_exit:
if (swdma_dev->chan_status_irq)
--
2.34.1