[PATCH 2/4] platform/x86: dell-wmi-base: Fix resource leak on module load failure

From: Armin Wolf

Date: Fri Jun 12 2026 - 13:36:12 EST


We need to properly clean up the SMBIOS request and the privacy driver
when the module load fails.

Fixes: 8af9fa37b8a3 ("platform/x86: dell-privacy: Add support for Dell hardware privacy")
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-base.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-base.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-base.c
index 997383ba1846..fd6a508cd902 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-base.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-base.c
@@ -843,9 +843,22 @@ static int __init dell_wmi_init(void)

err = dell_privacy_register_driver();
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto out_smbios;

- return wmi_driver_register(&dell_wmi_driver);
+ err = wmi_driver_register(&dell_wmi_driver);
+ if (err)
+ goto out_privacy;
+
+ return 0;
+
+out_privacy:
+ dell_privacy_unregister_driver();
+
+out_smbios:
+ if (wmi_requires_smbios_request)
+ dell_wmi_events_set_enabled(false);
+
+ return err;
}
late_initcall(dell_wmi_init);

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