bus: mhi: ep: Fix device refcount leak in the error path of MHI device creation
mhi_ep_create_device() takes one device reference for the UL channel and
another for the DL channel after allocating the transfer device. These
references are normally released by mhi_ep_destroy_device() before the
device itself is removed.
If dev_set_name() or device_add() fails, the error path currently drops
only one reference. The remaining channel references keep the device
from being released and leave the channels associated with a device that
was never registered.
Route both failures through a common unwind path that drops the DL
channel reference, the UL channel reference, and the initial reference
from device_initialize().
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: mhi: ep: Fix device refcount leak in the error path of MHI device creation mhi_ep_create_device() takes one device reference for the UL channel and another for the DL channel after allocating the transfer device. These references are normally released by mhi_ep_destroy_device() before the device itself is removed. If dev_set_name() or device_add() fails, the error path currently drops only one reference. The remaining channel references keep the device from being released and leave the channels associated with a device that was never registered. Route both failures through a common unwind path that drops the DL channel reference, the UL channel reference, and the initial reference from device_initialize(). | |
| Title | bus: mhi: ep: Fix device refcount leak in the error path of MHI device creation | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T16:11:37.459Z
Reserved: 2026-09-17T16:02:15.087Z
Link: CVE-2026-93136
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T17:18:08.480
Modified: 2026-09-17T17:18:08.480
Link: CVE-2026-93136
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