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linux-stable-mirror/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
Ma Ke 70de0a96c3 media: lirc: Fix error handling in lirc_register()
commit 4f4098c57e upstream.

When cdev_device_add() failed, calling put_device() to explicitly
release dev->lirc_dev. Otherwise, it could cause the fault of the
reference count.

Found by code review.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a6ddd4fecb ("media: lirc: remove last remnants of lirc kapi")
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@iscas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-10-19 16:33:47 +02:00

18 KiB