[PATCH] staging: gpib: Fix device reference leak in fmh_gpib driver

From: Ma Ke

Date: Sun Sep 21 2025 - 22:39:11 EST


The fmh_gpib driver contains a device reference count leak in
fmh_gpib_attach_impl() where driver_find_device() increases the
reference count of the device by get_device() when matching but this
reference is not properly decreased. Add put_device() in
fmh_gpib_attach_impl() and add put_device() in fmh_gpib_detach(),
which ensures that the reference count of the device is correctly
managed.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 8e4841a0888c ("staging: gpib: Add Frank Mori Hess FPGA PCI GPIB driver")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c
index 4138f3d2bae7..245c8fe87eaa 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/fmh_gpib/fmh_gpib.c
@@ -1395,14 +1395,17 @@ static int fmh_gpib_attach_impl(struct gpib_board *board, const struct gpib_boar
pdev = to_platform_device(board->dev);

retval = fmh_gpib_generic_attach(board);
- if (retval)
+ if (retval) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
return retval;
+ }

e_priv = board->private_data;
nec_priv = &e_priv->nec7210_priv;

res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "gpib_control_status");
if (!res) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
dev_err(board->dev, "Unable to locate mmio resource\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
@@ -1410,6 +1413,7 @@ static int fmh_gpib_attach_impl(struct gpib_board *board, const struct gpib_boar
if (request_mem_region(res->start,
resource_size(res),
pdev->name) == NULL) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
dev_err(board->dev, "cannot claim registers\n");
return -ENXIO;
}
@@ -1418,6 +1422,7 @@ static int fmh_gpib_attach_impl(struct gpib_board *board, const struct gpib_boar
nec_priv->mmiobase = ioremap(e_priv->gpib_iomem_res->start,
resource_size(e_priv->gpib_iomem_res));
if (!nec_priv->mmiobase) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
dev_err(board->dev, "Could not map I/O memory\n");
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -1426,12 +1431,14 @@ static int fmh_gpib_attach_impl(struct gpib_board *board, const struct gpib_boar

res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "dma_fifos");
if (!res) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
dev_err(board->dev, "Unable to locate mmio resource for gpib dma port\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
if (request_mem_region(res->start,
resource_size(res),
pdev->name) == NULL) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
dev_err(board->dev, "cannot claim registers\n");
return -ENXIO;
}
@@ -1439,6 +1446,7 @@ static int fmh_gpib_attach_impl(struct gpib_board *board, const struct gpib_boar
e_priv->fifo_base = ioremap(e_priv->dma_port_res->start,
resource_size(e_priv->dma_port_res));
if (!e_priv->fifo_base) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
dev_err(board->dev, "Could not map I/O memory for fifos\n");
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -1447,10 +1455,14 @@ static int fmh_gpib_attach_impl(struct gpib_board *board, const struct gpib_boar
(unsigned long)resource_size(e_priv->dma_port_res));

irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
- if (irq < 0)
+ if (irq < 0) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
retval = request_irq(irq, fmh_gpib_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, pdev->name, board);
if (retval) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
dev_err(board->dev,
"cannot register interrupt handler err=%d\n",
retval);
@@ -1461,6 +1473,7 @@ static int fmh_gpib_attach_impl(struct gpib_board *board, const struct gpib_boar
if (acquire_dma) {
e_priv->dma_channel = dma_request_slave_channel(board->dev, "rxtx");
if (!e_priv->dma_channel) {
+ put_device(board->dev);
dev_err(board->dev, "failed to acquire dma channel \"rxtx\".\n");
return -EIO;
}
@@ -1517,6 +1530,12 @@ void fmh_gpib_detach(struct gpib_board *board)
resource_size(e_priv->gpib_iomem_res));
}
fmh_gpib_generic_detach(board);
+
+ if (board->dev) {
+ dev_set_drvdata(board->dev, NULL);
+ put_device(board->dev);
+ board->dev = NULL;
+ }
}

static int fmh_gpib_pci_attach_impl(struct gpib_board *board,
--
2.17.1