[PATCH net] net: dsa: realtek: fix memory leak in rtl8366rb_setup_led()

From: David Yang

Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 10:06:04 EST


led_classdev_register_ext() only reads init_data.devicename - it never
stores the pointer. However, the caller allocated devicename with
kasprintf() but never freed it, leaking the string memory.

Fix it with a stack buffer to avoid dynamic buffers completely.

Fixes: 32d617005475 ("net: dsa: realtek: add LED drivers for rtl8366rb")
Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb-leds.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb-leds.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb-leds.c
index 509ffd3f8db5..ba50d311cb15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb-leds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb-leds.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static int rtl8366rb_setup_led(struct realtek_priv *priv, struct dsa_port *dp,
struct led_init_data init_data = { };
enum led_default_state state;
struct rtl8366rb_led *led;
+ char name[64];
u32 led_group;
int ret;

@@ -129,10 +130,9 @@ static int rtl8366rb_setup_led(struct realtek_priv *priv, struct dsa_port *dp,
init_data.fwnode = led_fwnode;
init_data.devname_mandatory = true;

- init_data.devicename = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "Realtek-%d:0%d:%d",
- dp->ds->index, dp->index, led_group);
- if (!init_data.devicename)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "Realtek-%d:0%d:%d",
+ dp->ds->index, dp->index, led_group);
+ init_data.devicename = name;

ret = devm_led_classdev_register_ext(priv->dev, &led->cdev, &init_data);
if (ret) {
--
2.53.0