From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
To: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: of_display_timing: fix refcount leak in of_get_display_timings()
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:32:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dc2ce712-0f9c-4b85-9b50-910eeb5a302e@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260116095751.177055-1-geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
On 1/16/26 10:57, Weigang He wrote:
> of_parse_phandle() returns a device_node with refcount incremented,
> which is stored in 'entry' and then copied to 'native_mode'. When the
> error paths at lines 184 or 192 jump to 'entryfail', native_mode's
> refcount is not decremented, causing a refcount leak.
>
> Fix this by changing the goto target from 'entryfail' to 'timingfail',
> which properly calls of_node_put(native_mode) before cleanup.
>
> Fixes: cc3f414cf2e4 ("video: add of helper for display timings/videomode")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/video/of_display_timing.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
applied.
Thanks!
Helge
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2026-01-16 9:57 [PATCH] video: of_display_timing: fix refcount leak in of_get_display_timings() Weigang He
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