Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: vitesse-vsc73xx: Fix SPI device reference leak in vsc73xx_spi_probe()

[Linus Walleij]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> spi_dev_get() takes a reference on the SPI device, but neither the
> probe error paths nor vsc73xx_spi_remove() ever release it, so the
> spi_device can never be freed after the driver has been unbound.
>
> Release the reference on both probe error paths and in remove().
>
> Fixes: 95711cd5f0b4 ("net: dsa: vsc73xx: Split vsc73xx driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I think we don't set this on networking patches, the network maintainer
decides himself what is stable material.

> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij