[PATCH] fsi: Fix error handling in fsi_slave_init

From: Ma Ke

Date: Fri Nov 07 2025 - 02:09:50 EST


fsi_slave_init() calls device_initialize() for slave->dev
unconditionally. However, in the error paths, put_device() is not
called, leading to an imbalance in the device reference count.

Although kfree(slave) eventually frees the memory, it does not
properly release the device initialized by device_initialize(). For
proper pairing of device_initialize()/put_device(), add put_device()
calls in both error paths.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: d1dcd6782576 ("fsi: Add cfam char devices")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/fsi/fsi-core.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/fsi/fsi-core.c b/drivers/fsi/fsi-core.c
index c6c115993ebc..0d45e4442ca9 100644
--- a/drivers/fsi/fsi-core.c
+++ b/drivers/fsi/fsi-core.c
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ static int fsi_slave_init(struct fsi_master *master, int link, uint8_t id)
rc = __fsi_get_new_minor(slave, fsi_dev_cfam, &slave->dev.devt,
&slave->cdev_idx);
if (rc)
- goto err_free;
+ goto err_put_device;

trace_fsi_slave_init(slave);

@@ -1112,6 +1112,9 @@ static int fsi_slave_init(struct fsi_master *master, int link, uint8_t id)

err_free_ida:
fsi_free_minor(slave->dev.devt);
+err_put_device:
+ put_device(&slave->dev);
+ return rc;
err_free:
of_node_put(slave->dev.of_node);
kfree(slave);
--
2.17.1