[PATCH v3] gpu: host1x: Fix device reference leak in host1x_device_parse_dt() error path

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Mon Apr 13 2026 - 10:20:39 EST


After device_initialize(), the embedded struct device in struct
host1x_device should be released through the device core with
put_device().

In host1x_device_add(), if host1x_device_parse_dt() fails, the current
error path frees the object directly with kfree(device). That bypasses
the normal device lifetime handling and leaks the reference held on the
embedded struct device.

The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.

Fix this by using put_device() in the host1x_device_parse_dt() failure
path.

Fixes: f4c5cf88fbd50 ("gpu: host1x: Provide a proper struct bus_type")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- note that the issue was identified by my static analysis tool
- and confirmed by manual review

v2:
- add Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c
index 63fe037c3b65..e3ac85848aec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/bus.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static int host1x_device_add(struct host1x *host1x,

err = host1x_device_parse_dt(device, driver);
if (err < 0) {
- kfree(device);
+ put_device(&device->dev);
return err;
}

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