[PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing unregister_netdev on sdio_alloc_irq failure
From: Devansh Soni
Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 08:57:55 EST
In rtw_drv_init(), if rtw_drv_register_netdev() succeeds but
sdio_alloc_irq() fails, the error path jumps to free_if1 and calls
rtw_sdio_if1_deinit(). However, rtw_sdio_if1_deinit() calls
rtw_free_netdev() without a preceding unregister_netdev(), freeing a
still-registered netdev but leaving stale sysfs entries behind.
Signed-off-by: Devansh Soni <devanshsoni874@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
index d0feb28b7..6ddc08794 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
@@ -359,10 +359,13 @@ static int rtw_drv_init(
status = sdio_alloc_irq(dvobj);
if (status != _SUCCESS)
- goto free_if1;
+ goto free_netdev;
status = _SUCCESS;
+free_netdev:
+ if (status != _SUCCESS)
+ rtw_unregister_netdevs(dvobj);
free_if1:
if (status != _SUCCESS && if1)
rtw_sdio_if1_deinit(if1);
--
2.54.0