netdev - [PATCH] softingcs: Fix memleak on registration failure in softingcs

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Date:   Sat,  8 Jan 2022 09:25:51 +0000
From:   Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     linmq006@...il.com, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
        Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Kurt Van Dijck <dev.kurt@...dijck-laurijssen.be>,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] softingcs: Fix memleak on registration failure in softingcs_probe

In case device registration fails during module initialisation, the
platform device structure needs to be freed using platform_device_put()
to properly free all resources (e.g. the device name).

Fixes: 0a0b7a5f7a04 ("can: add driver for Softing card")
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/can/softing/softing_cs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_cs.c b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_cs.c
index 2e93ee792373..e5c939b63fa6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_cs.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int softingcs_probe(struct pcmcia_device *pcmcia)
 	return 0;
 
 platform_failed:
-	kfree(dev);
+	platform_device_put(pdev);
 mem_failed:
 pcmcia_bad:
 pcmcia_failed:
-- 
2.17.1