ql3xxx_probe() enables the PCI device and balances that reference on
probe failure. However, ql3xxx_remove() releases the mappings and PCI
regions without disabling the device, leaving the enable reference
held after unbind.

Add pci_disable_device() at the end of ql3xxx_remove() to balance the
successful probe's pci_enable_device() call. Keep the existing manual
cleanup and probe error handling unchanged.

This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while
reviewing kernel code.

Fixes: 5a4faa873782 ("[PATCH] qla3xxx NIC driver")
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
---
v2:
  - Add pci_disable_device() to ql3xxx_remove() instead of converting
    to pcim_enable_device(), as suggested by Simon Horman.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260911033219.34566-1-mhun512@gmail.com/

 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
@@ -3916,6 +3916,7 @@ static void ql3xxx_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	iounmap(qdev->mem_map_registers);
 	pci_release_regions(pdev);
 	free_netdev(ndev);
+	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 }
 
 static struct pci_driver ql3xxx_driver = {
-- 
2.53.0

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 04:45:34PM -0400, Myeonghun Pak wrote:
> ql3xxx_probe() enables the PCI device and balances that reference on
> probe failure. However, ql3xxx_remove() releases the mappings and PCI
> regions without disabling the device, leaving the enable reference
> held after unbind.
> 
> Add pci_disable_device() at the end of ql3xxx_remove() to balance the
> successful probe's pci_enable_device() call. Keep the existing manual
> cleanup and probe error handling unchanged.
> 
> This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while
> reviewing kernel code.
> 
> Fixes: 5a4faa873782 ("[PATCH] qla3xxx NIC driver")
> Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
> ---
> v2:
>   - Add pci_disable_device() to ql3xxx_remove() instead of converting
>     to pcim_enable_device(), as suggested by Simon Horman.
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260911033219.34566-1-mhun512@gmail.com/

Thanks for the update.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>