From: Brian Masney <bmasney@redhat.com>
To: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Cc: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mturquette@baylibre.com,
sboyd@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: versatile: clk-icst: Fix node reference leak in of_syscon_icst_setup()
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:27:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aq266FMPwj99yVCz@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD++jLns9S7ba9G+wcnsfrDBjtDWbM-qzg+NeW9vHFHKcOz3NQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 07:25:39PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn> wrote:
>
> > of_get_parent() takes a reference on the syscon parent node. The
> > reference is intentionally kept on the success path, but the error paths
> > return without dropping it, leaking the node reference. Release the
> > reference before returning on the error paths.
> >
> > Fixes: d430819d69a5 ("clk: versatile-icst: add device tree support")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>
> Stable? Really? It's no big deal.
I'll pick this up but I'm going to drop the stable tag. It'll probably
end up there anyways with the Fixes tag.
Brian
>
> > Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
>
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 22:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 7:01 [PATCH] clk: versatile: clk-icst: Fix node reference leak in of_syscon_icst_setup() Wentao Liang
2026-09-16 17:25 ` Linus Walleij
2026-09-18 22:27 ` Brian Masney [this message]
2026-09-18 22:28 ` Brian Masney
2026-09-21 15:13 ` krzk
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