[PATCH] media: vim2m: fix reference leak on failed device registration

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 11:20:20 EST


When platform_device_register() fails in vim2m_init(), the embedded
struct device in vim2m_pdev has already been initialized by
device_initialize(), but the failure path returns the error without
dropping the device reference for the current platform device:

vim2m_init()
-> platform_device_register(&vim2m_pdev)
-> device_initialize(&vim2m_pdev.dev)
-> setup_pdev_dma_masks(&vim2m_pdev)
-> platform_device_add(&vim2m_pdev)

This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.
Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before returning the error.

The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.

Fixes: 1f923a42033ad ("[media] mem2mem_testdev: rename to vim2m")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/test-drivers/vim2m.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vim2m.c b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vim2m.c
index bb2dd11eef0e..80dc7edcbb5e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/test-drivers/vim2m.c
+++ b/drivers/media/test-drivers/vim2m.c
@@ -1601,8 +1601,10 @@ static int __init vim2m_init(void)
int ret;

ret = platform_device_register(&vim2m_pdev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ platform_device_put(&vim2m_pdev);
return ret;
+ }

ret = platform_driver_register(&vim2m_pdrv);
if (ret)
--
2.43.0