[PATCH] net: renesas: rswitch: Fix memory leak in rswitch_phy_device_init()
From: Ma Ke
Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 03:36:22 EST
rswitch_phy_device_init() calls of_phy_find_device(), which calls
bus_find_device() to increments the refcount of the returned device.
The current implementation does not decrement the refcount after the
reference is no longer needed, causing a memory leak.
Add phy_device_free() to release the reference via put_device() and
balance the refcount.
Found by code review.
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 0df024d0f1d3 ("net: renesas: rswitch: Add host_interfaces setting")
---
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch_main.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch_main.c
index 6fe964816322..126da0371a19 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rswitch_main.c
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ static void rswitch_phy_remove_link_mode(struct rswitch_device *rdev,
static int rswitch_phy_device_init(struct rswitch_device *rdev)
{
- struct phy_device *phydev;
+ struct phy_device *phydev, *tmp_phydev;
struct device_node *phy;
int err = -ENOENT;
@@ -1473,14 +1473,18 @@ static int rswitch_phy_device_init(struct rswitch_device *rdev)
/* Set phydev->host_interfaces before calling of_phy_connect() to
* configure the PHY with the information of host_interfaces.
*/
- phydev = of_phy_find_device(phy);
- if (!phydev)
+ tmp_phydev = of_phy_find_device(phy);
+ if (!tmp_phydev)
goto out;
- __set_bit(rdev->etha->phy_interface, phydev->host_interfaces);
+ __set_bit(rdev->etha->phy_interface, tmp_phydev->host_interfaces);
phydev->mac_managed_pm = true;
phydev = of_phy_connect(rdev->ndev, phy, rswitch_adjust_link, 0,
rdev->etha->phy_interface);
+
+ /* Release the temporary reference obtained by of_phy_find_device() */
+ phy_device_free(tmp_phydev);
+
if (!phydev)
goto out;
--
2.43.0