[PATCH] net: fs_enet: fix platform info memory leak on remove

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 23:14:37 EST


fs_enet_probe() allocates the platform information structure with
kzalloc_obj() and stores it in fep->fpi.

The probe failure paths release this allocation with kfree(). However,
after a successful probe, fs_enet_remove() tears down the network
device without freeing fep->fpi, leaving the platform information
structure allocated after driver removal.

Free fep->fpi before releasing the network device.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

Fixes: 976de6a8c304 ("fs_enet: Be an of_platform device when CONFIG_PPC_CPM_NEW_BINDING is set.")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
index d3c772ed5fc9..071e3f3de78c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ static void fs_enet_remove(struct platform_device *ofdev)
fep->ops->cleanup_data(ndev);
dev_set_drvdata(fep->dev, NULL);
phylink_destroy(fep->phylink);
+ kfree(fep->fpi);
free_netdev(ndev);
}

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