hwmon: (w83793) release probe data through kref

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w83793_probe() initializes data->kref to manage the lifetime of the
driver data. The normal remove path drops the driver-owned reference
with kref_put(), while watchdog users take and release additional
references through the same kref.

However, the probe error path still frees data directly with kfree().
This bypasses the kref-managed lifetime and discards the initial
reference without a matching kref_put(), leaving the reference
accounting unbalanced.

Drop the probe-owned reference with kref_put() instead and let
w83793_release_resources() perform the final free, matching the normal
remove path.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

Fixes: 5852f9609d ("hwmon: (w83793) Add watchdog functionality")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260914073638.1662500-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>

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Guangshuo Li 2026-09-14 15:36:38 +08:00 • committed by Guenter Roeck

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