[PATCH] usb: musb: ux500: Fix transceiver leak in ux500_musb_init()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 13:07:58 EST


ux500_musb_init() takes a reference on the USB2 transceiver with
usb_get_phy() and stores it in musb->xceiv. If the subsequent
usb_register_notifier() call fails, the function returns without
releasing the reference, leaking the transceiver. The only place the
reference is put is ux500_musb_exit(), which is not run when the init
fails.

Put the transceiver before returning on the notifier registration
failure path. The notifier itself does not need to be unregistered
since usb_register_notifier() failed.

Fixes: 0135522c4898 ("usb: musb: ux500: add otg notifier support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/musb/ux500.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/ux500.c b/drivers/usb/musb/ux500.c
index 8c2a43d992f5..14c5e986937e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/ux500.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/ux500.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static int ux500_musb_init(struct musb *musb)
status = usb_register_notifier(musb->xceiv, &musb->nb);
if (status < 0) {
dev_dbg(musb->controller, "notification register failed\n");
+ usb_put_phy(musb->xceiv);
return status;
}

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2.34.1