[PATCH] usb: ulpi: fix a double free in ulpi_register_interface()

From: Haoxiang Li

Date: Fri Dec 19 2025 - 10:49:13 EST


If ulpi_register() fails, put_device() is called in ulpi_register(),
kfree() in ulpi_register_interface() will result in a double free.

Also, refactor the device registration sequence to use a unified
put_device() cleanup path, addressing multiple error returns in
ulpi_register().

Found by code review and compiled on ubuntu 20.04.

Fixes: 0a907ee9d95e ("usb: ulpi: Call of_node_put correctly")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c b/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
index 4a2ee447b213..c81a0cb24067 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/common/ulpi.c
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ static int ulpi_register(struct device *dev, struct ulpi *ulpi)
int ret;
struct dentry *root;

+ device_initialize(&ulpi->dev);
ulpi->dev.parent = dev; /* needed early for ops */
ulpi->dev.bus = &ulpi_bus;
ulpi->dev.type = &ulpi_dev_type;
@@ -287,19 +288,15 @@ static int ulpi_register(struct device *dev, struct ulpi *ulpi)

ret = ulpi_of_register(ulpi);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto err_register;

ret = ulpi_read_id(ulpi);
- if (ret) {
- of_node_put(ulpi->dev.of_node);
- return ret;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_register;

- ret = device_register(&ulpi->dev);
- if (ret) {
- put_device(&ulpi->dev);
- return ret;
- }
+ ret = device_add(&ulpi->dev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_register;

root = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&ulpi->dev), ulpi_root);
debugfs_create_file("regs", 0444, root, ulpi, &ulpi_regs_fops);
@@ -308,6 +305,10 @@ static int ulpi_register(struct device *dev, struct ulpi *ulpi)
ulpi->id.vendor, ulpi->id.product);

return 0;
+
+err_register:
+ put_device(&ulpi->dev);
+ return ret;
}

/**
@@ -331,10 +332,8 @@ struct ulpi *ulpi_register_interface(struct device *dev,
ulpi->ops = ops;

ret = ulpi_register(dev, ulpi);
- if (ret) {
- kfree(ulpi);
+ if (ret)
return ERR_PTR(ret);
- }

return ulpi;
}
--
2.25.1