Re: [PATCH] RDMA/nldev: Fix ib_device reference leak in nldev_dellink()

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 06:31:01PM +0000, Wentao Liang wrote:
> nldev_dellink() takes a reference on the ib_device with
> ib_device_get_by_index().  When the driver's dellink callback fails,
> the function returns the error directly without dropping that
> reference, leaking it.  Call ib_device_put() on the dellink error
> path before returning, matching the handling of the other error
> exits in this function.
> 
> Fixes: a60e3f3d6fba ("RDMA/nldev: Add dellink function pointer")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

It was already fixed, https://patch.msgid.link/20260903082550.2257-1-lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx

Thanks