[PATCH] powerpc/powermac: Fix reference count leak in i2c probe functions
Miaoqian Lin
linmq006 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 27 19:45:53 AEDT 2025
The of_find_node_by_name() function returns a device tree node with its
reference count incremented. The caller is responsible for calling
of_node_put() to release this reference when done.
Fixes: 730745a5c450 ("[PATCH] 1/5 powerpc: Rework PowerMac i2c part 1")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006 at gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
index 02474e27df9b..f04dbb93bbfa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/low_i2c.c
@@ -802,8 +802,10 @@ static void __init pmu_i2c_probe(void)
for (channel = 1; channel <= 2; channel++) {
sz = sizeof(struct pmac_i2c_bus) + sizeof(struct adb_request);
bus = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (bus == NULL)
+ if (bus == NULL) {
+ of_node_put(busnode);
return;
+ }
bus->controller = busnode;
bus->busnode = busnode;
@@ -928,6 +930,7 @@ static void __init smu_i2c_probe(void)
bus = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
if (bus == NULL) {
of_node_put(busnode);
+ of_node_put(controller);
return;
}
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
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