[PATCH v3] usb: misc: uss720: properly clean up reference in uss720_probe()
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 07:20:54 EST
If get_1284_register() fails, the usb device reference count is
incorrect and needs to be properly dropped before returning. That will
happen when the kref is dropped in the call to destroy_priv(), so jump
to that error path instead of returning directly.
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_2000
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: don't drop the reference count manually, it will be done in
destroy_priv() as pointed out by Oliver.
v2: properly clean up the previously allocated resources by jumping to
the error path and not just retrning directly
drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c b/drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c
index ec8bd968c4de..a8af7615b1bf 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static int uss720_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
ret = get_1284_register(pp, 0, ®, GFP_KERNEL);
dev_dbg(&intf->dev, "reg: %7ph\n", priv->reg);
if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ goto probe_abort;
ret = usb_find_last_int_in_endpoint(interface, &epd);
if (!ret) {
--
2.53.0