Re: [PATCH] block: partitions: fix of_node refcount leak in of_partition()
From: Haris Iqbal
Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 11:19:20 EST
On 5/26/26 12:21, Wentao Liang wrote:
of_partition() calls of_node_get() on the parent device node at the
beginning of the function, storing the reference in 'partitions_np'.
This reference is leaked in two paths:
1. The compatibility check at the top of the function returns 0
without releasing partitions_np when the node exists but is not
"fixed-partitions" compatible.
2. The function returns 1 at the end after successfully processing
all partitions without releasing partitions_np.
Fix both leaks by adding of_node_put(partitions_np) on each path.
Fixes: 2e3a191e89f9 ("block: add support for partition table defined in OF")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good:
Reviewed-by: Md Haris Iqbal <haris.iqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/partitions/of.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/block/partitions/of.c b/block/partitions/of.c
index c22b60661098..53664ea06b65 100644
--- a/block/partitions/of.c
+++ b/block/partitions/of.c
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ int of_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
struct device_node *partitions_np = of_node_get(ddev->of_node);
if (!partitions_np ||
- !of_device_is_compatible(partitions_np, "fixed-partitions"))
+ !of_device_is_compatible(partitions_np, "fixed-partitions")) {
+ of_node_put(partitions_np);
return 0;
+ }
slot = 1;
/* Validate parition offset and size */
@@ -104,5 +106,6 @@ int of_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
seq_buf_puts(&state->pp_buf, "\n");
+ of_node_put(partitions_np);
return 1;
}