powercap: call put_device() on an error path in powercap_register_control_type()

[ Upstream commit 93c66fbc280747ea700bd6199633d661e3c819b3 ]

powercap_register_control_type() calls device_register(), but does not
release the refcount of the device when it fails.

Call put_device() before returning an error to balance the refcount.

Since the kfree(control_type) will be done by powercap_release(), remove
the lines in powercap_register_control_type() before returning the error.

This bug was found by an experimental verifier that I am developing.

Signed-off-by: Joe Hattori <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
[ rjw: Changelog edits ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
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Joe Hattori 2025-01-10 10:05:54 +09:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
commit 6752747a11

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@ -627,8 +627,7 @@ struct powercap_control_type *powercap_register_control_type(
dev_set_name(&control_type->dev, "%s", name);
result = device_register(&control_type->dev);
if (result) {
if (control_type->allocated)
kfree(control_type);
put_device(&control_type->dev);
return ERR_PTR(result);
}
idr_init(&control_type->idr);