Re: [PATCH] crypto: hisilicon/qm - Fix device reference leak in qm_get_qos_value

From: liulongfang

Date: Mon Oct 27 2025 - 21:25:25 EST


On 2025/10/27 23:09, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
> The qm_get_qos_value() function calls bus_find_device_by_name() which
> increases the device reference count, but fails to call put_device()
> to balance the reference count and lead to a device reference leak.
>
> Add put_device() calls in both the error path and success path to
> properly balance the reference count.
>
> Found via static analysis.
>
> Fixes: 22d7a6c39cab ("crypto: hisilicon/qm - add pci bdf number check")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
> index a5b96adf2d1e..3b391a146635 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
> @@ -3871,10 +3871,12 @@ static ssize_t qm_get_qos_value(struct hisi_qm *qm, const char *buf,
> pdev = container_of(dev, struct pci_dev, dev);
> if (pci_physfn(pdev) != qm->pdev) {
> pci_err(qm->pdev, "the pdev input does not match the pf!\n");
> + put_device(dev);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> *fun_index = pdev->devfn;
> + put_device(dev);
>
> return 0;
> }
>

Reviewed-by: Longfang Liu <liulongfang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.