When of_find_net_device_by_node() successfully acquires a reference to a network device but the subsequent call to dsa_port_parse_cpu() fails, dsa_port_parse_of() returns without releasing the reference count on the network device.
of_find_net_device_by_node() increments the reference count of the returned structure, which should be balanced with a corresponding put_device() when the reference is no longer needed.
Found by code review.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 6ca80638b90c ("net: dsa: Use conduit and user terms") Signed-off-by: Ma Ke make24@iscas.ac.cn --- net/dsa/dsa.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c index 5b01a0e43ebe..632e0d716d62 100644 --- a/net/dsa/dsa.c +++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c @@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ static int dsa_port_parse_of(struct dsa_port *dp, struct device_node *dn) struct device_node *ethernet = of_parse_phandle(dn, "ethernet", 0); const char *name = of_get_property(dn, "label", NULL); bool link = of_property_read_bool(dn, "link"); + int err;
dp->dn = dn;
@@ -1259,7 +1260,13 @@ static int dsa_port_parse_of(struct dsa_port *dp, struct device_node *dn) return -EPROBE_DEFER;
user_protocol = of_get_property(dn, "dsa-tag-protocol", NULL); - return dsa_port_parse_cpu(dp, conduit, user_protocol); + err = dsa_port_parse_cpu(dp, conduit, user_protocol); + if (err) { + put_device(conduit); + return err; + } + + return 0; }
if (link)
On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 11:51:30AM +0800, Ma Ke wrote:
When of_find_net_device_by_node() successfully acquires a reference to a network device but the subsequent call to dsa_port_parse_cpu() fails, dsa_port_parse_of() returns without releasing the reference count on the network device.
of_find_net_device_by_node() increments the reference count of the returned structure, which should be balanced with a corresponding put_device() when the reference is no longer needed.
Found by code review.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 6ca80638b90c ("net: dsa: Use conduit and user terms")
Why did you pick this commit for the Fixes tag?
@@ -1259,7 +1260,13 @@ static int dsa_port_parse_of(struct dsa_port *dp, struct device_node *dn) return -EPROBE_DEFER; user_protocol = of_get_property(dn, "dsa-tag-protocol", NULL);
return dsa_port_parse_cpu(dp, conduit, user_protocol);
err = dsa_port_parse_cpu(dp, conduit, user_protocol);if (err) {put_device(conduit);return err;} }return 0;if (link) -- 2.17.1
You can simplify this to:
err = dsa_port_parse_cpu(dp, conduit, user_protocol); if (err) put_device(conduit);
return err;
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html
Andrew
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