[PATCH] USB: ohci-nxp: Fix error handling in ohci-hcd-nxp driver

Ma Ke make24 at iscas.ac.cn
Sat Nov 15 17:06:13 PST 2025


When obtaining the ISP1301 I2C client through the device tree, the
driver does not release the device reference in the probe failure path
or in the remove function. This could cause a reference count leak,
which may prevent the device from being properly unbound or freed,
leading to resource leakage. Add put_device() to release the reference
in the probe failure path and in the remove function.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 73108aa90cbf ("USB: ohci-nxp: Use isp1301 driver")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24 at iscas.ac.cn>
---
 drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c
index 24d5a1dc5056..f79558ef0b45 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-nxp.c
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ static int ohci_hcd_nxp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 fail_resource:
 	usb_put_hcd(hcd);
 fail_disable:
+	if (isp1301_i2c_client)
+		put_device(&isp1301_i2c_client->dev);
 	isp1301_i2c_client = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -234,6 +236,8 @@ static void ohci_hcd_nxp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	usb_remove_hcd(hcd);
 	ohci_nxp_stop_hc();
 	usb_put_hcd(hcd);
+	if (isp1301_i2c_client)
+		put_device(&isp1301_i2c_client->dev);
 	isp1301_i2c_client = NULL;
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1




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