[PATCH] HID: appletb-kbd: fix "appletb_backlight" backlight device reference counting
From: Qasim Ijaz
Date: Sun Jun 15 2025 - 19:00:03 EST
During appletb_kbd_probe, probe attempts to get the backlight device
by name. When this happens backlight_device_get_by_name looks for a
device in the backlight class which has name "appletb_backlight" and
upon finding a match it increments the reference count for the device
and returns it to the caller. However this reference is never released
leading to a reference leak.
Fix this by decrementing the backlight device reference count on removal
via put_device and on probe failure.
Fixes: 93a0fc489481 ("HID: hid-appletb-kbd: add support for automatic brightness control while using the touchbar")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c b/drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c
index ef51b2c06872..e06567886e50 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-appletb-kbd.c
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ static int appletb_kbd_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id
return 0;
close_hw:
+ if (kbd->backlight_dev)
+ put_device(&kbd->backlight_dev->dev);
hid_hw_close(hdev);
stop_hw:
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
@@ -453,6 +455,9 @@ static void appletb_kbd_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
input_unregister_handler(&kbd->inp_handler);
timer_delete_sync(&kbd->inactivity_timer);
+ if (kbd->backlight_dev)
+ put_device(&kbd->backlight_dev->dev);
+
hid_hw_close(hdev);
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
}
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