[PATCH] i2c: acpi: Fix adapter reference leak in i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 13:34:43 EST


i2c_acpi_find_adapter_by_handle() returns the adapter with a reference
obtained via get_device() in bus_find_device(), which the caller is
responsible for dropping. i2c_new_client_device() stores the adapter
pointer without taking a reference and does not release the caller's
reference on any path, so the reference is leaked.

Drop the adapter device reference after creating the client, like
i2c_acpi_notify() does.

Fixes: 53f8f7c5cf14 ("i2c: break out ACPI support into separate file")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
index 28c0e4884a7f..5efd1c406bc2 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-acpi.c
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
struct i2c_board_info *info)
{
struct i2c_acpi_lookup lookup;
+ struct i2c_client *client;
struct i2c_adapter *adapter;
struct acpi_device *adev;
LIST_HEAD(resource_list);
@@ -572,7 +573,10 @@ struct i2c_client *i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
if (!adapter)
return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);

- return i2c_new_client_device(adapter, info);
+ client = i2c_new_client_device(adapter, info);
+ put_device(&adapter->dev);
+
+ return client;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_acpi_new_device_by_fwnode);

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2.34.1