[PATCH] net: dsa: microchip: fix mdio parent bus reference leak
From: Ma Ke
Date: Thu Nov 20 2025 - 23:20:22 EST
In ksz_mdio_register(), when of_mdio_find_bus() is called to get the
parent MDIO bus, it increments the reference count of the underlying
device. However, the reference are not released in error paths or
during switch teardown, causing a reference leak.
Add put_device() in the error path of ksz_mdio_register() and
ksz_teardown() to release the parent bus.
Found by code review.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 9afaf0eec2ab ("net: dsa: microchip: Refactor MDIO handling for side MDIO access")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
index 933ae8dc6337..49c0420a6df8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
@@ -2795,6 +2795,11 @@ static int ksz_mdio_register(struct ksz_device *dev)
}
put_mdio_node:
+ if (ret && dev->parent_mdio_bus) {
+ put_device(&dev->parent_mdio_bus->dev);
+ dev->parent_mdio_bus = NULL;
+ }
+
of_node_put(mdio_np);
of_node_put(parent_bus_node);
@@ -3110,6 +3115,11 @@ static void ksz_teardown(struct dsa_switch *ds)
ksz_irq_free(&dev->girq);
}
+ if (dev->parent_mdio_bus) {
+ put_device(&dev->parent_mdio_bus->dev);
+ dev->parent_mdio_bus = NULL;
+ }
+
if (dev->dev_ops->teardown)
dev->dev_ops->teardown(ds);
}
--
2.17.1