[PATCH v2] media: rtl28xxu: fix SDR platform device leak

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 10:01:52 EST


rtl2832u_tuner_attach() registers an rtl2832_sdr platform device, but
does not unregister it if no driver is bound. It also does not take a
reference on the bound driver module.

Unregister the platform device when no driver is bound or the module
reference cannot be acquired. Drop the module reference in
rtl28xxu_tuner_detach() before unregistering the device.

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

Fixes: a2f7f220df5e ("[media] rtl28xxu: switch SDR module to platform driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Add the missing try_module_get()/module_put() pair for the SDR driver
module, as suggested by Hans Verkuil.

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c
index 487c6ab784ab..d2957e4bf017 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/rtl28xxu.c
@@ -1391,8 +1391,16 @@ static int rtl2832u_tuner_attach(struct dvb_usb_adapter *adap)
"rtl2832_sdr",
PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO,
&pdata, sizeof(pdata));
- if (IS_ERR(pdev) || pdev->dev.driver == NULL)
+ if (IS_ERR(pdev))
break;
+ if (!pdev->dev.driver) {
+ platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+ break;
+ }
+ if (!try_module_get(pdev->dev.driver->owner)) {
+ platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+ break;
+ }
dev->platform_device_sdr = pdev;
break;
default:
@@ -1426,8 +1434,10 @@ static int rtl28xxu_tuner_detach(struct dvb_usb_adapter *adap)

/* remove platform SDR */
pdev = dev->platform_device_sdr;
- if (pdev)
+ if (pdev) {
+ module_put(pdev->dev.driver->owner);
platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+ }

/* remove I2C tuner */
client = dev->i2c_client_tuner;
--
2.43.0