[PATCH] Bluetooth: fix error handling in hci_register_dev()

From: Ma Ke
Date: Thu Mar 13 2025 - 04:32:00 EST


Once device_add() failed, we should call put_device() to decrement
reference count for cleanup. Or it could cause memory leak.

As comment of device_add() says, 'if device_add() succeeds, you should
call device_del() when you want to get rid of it. If device_add() has
not succeeded, use only put_device() to drop the reference count'.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 54506918059a ("Bluetooth: Move SMP initialization after HCI init")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/hci_core.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index e7ec12437c8b..c03fd16d3c46 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -2641,6 +2641,7 @@ int hci_register_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
return id;

err_wqueue:
+ put_device(&hdev->dev);
debugfs_remove_recursive(hdev->debugfs);
destroy_workqueue(hdev->workqueue);
destroy_workqueue(hdev->req_workqueue);
--
2.25.1