Subject: [PATCH] net: mctp: fix device leak on probe failure

From: Johan Hovold <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 11:45:49 +0100

Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB
device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to
take additional references unless the structures are needed after
disconnect.

This driver takes a reference to the USB device during probe but does
not to release it on probe failures.

Drop the redundant device reference to fix the leak, reduce cargo
culting, make it easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is
needed, and reduce the risk of further memory leaks.

Fixes: 0791c0327a6e ("net: mctp: Add MCTP USB transport driver")
Cc: [email-masked]	# 6.15
Cc: Jeremy Kerr <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c b/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c
index ef860cfc629f..3b5dff144177 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-usb.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static int mctp_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &intf->dev);
 	dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	dev->netdev = netdev;
-	dev->usbdev = usb_get_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf));
+	dev->usbdev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
 	dev->intf = intf;
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, dev);
 
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ static void mctp_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	mctp_unregister_netdev(dev->netdev);
 	usb_free_urb(dev->tx_urb);
 	usb_free_urb(dev->rx_urb);
-	usb_put_dev(dev->usbdev);
 	free_netdev(dev->netdev);
 }
 
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