[PATCH] ASoC: sdw_utils: fix device reference leak in is_sdca_endpoint_present()

From: Miaoqian Lin

Date: Wed Oct 29 2025 - 03:18:22 EST


The bus_find_device_by_name() function returns a device pointer with an
incremented reference count, but the original code was missing put_device()
calls in some return paths, leading to reference count leaks.

Fix this by ensuring put_device() is called before function exit after
bus_find_device_by_name() succeeds

This follows the same pattern used elsewhere in the kernel where
bus_find_device_by_name() is properly paired with put_device().

Found via static analysis and code review.

Fixes: 4f8ef33dd44a ("ASoC: soc_sdw_utils: skip the endpoint that doesn't present")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/soc/sdw_utils/soc_sdw_utils.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/soc/sdw_utils/soc_sdw_utils.c b/sound/soc/sdw_utils/soc_sdw_utils.c
index 270c66b90228..ea594f84f11a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sdw_utils/soc_sdw_utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sdw_utils/soc_sdw_utils.c
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ static int is_sdca_endpoint_present(struct device *dev,
struct sdw_slave *slave;
struct device *sdw_dev;
const char *sdw_codec_name;
- int i;
+ int ret, i;

dlc = kzalloc(sizeof(*dlc), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dlc)
@@ -1308,13 +1308,16 @@ static int is_sdca_endpoint_present(struct device *dev,
}

slave = dev_to_sdw_dev(sdw_dev);
- if (!slave)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (!slave) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto put_device;
+ }

/* Make sure BIOS provides SDCA properties */
if (!slave->sdca_data.interface_revision) {
dev_warn(&slave->dev, "SDCA properties not found in the BIOS\n");
- return 1;
+ ret = 1;
+ goto put_device;
}

for (i = 0; i < slave->sdca_data.num_functions; i++) {
@@ -1323,7 +1326,8 @@ static int is_sdca_endpoint_present(struct device *dev,
if (dai_type == dai_info->dai_type) {
dev_dbg(&slave->dev, "DAI type %d sdca function %s found\n",
dai_type, slave->sdca_data.function[i].name);
- return 1;
+ ret = 1;
+ goto put_device;
}
}

@@ -1331,7 +1335,11 @@ static int is_sdca_endpoint_present(struct device *dev,
"SDCA device function for DAI type %d not supported, skip endpoint\n",
dai_info->dai_type);

- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+
+put_device:
+ put_device(sdw_dev);
+ return ret;
}

int asoc_sdw_parse_sdw_endpoints(struct snd_soc_card *card,
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)