[PATCH] ARM: imx: avic: fix device_node refcount leaks in mxc_init_irq()

From: Weigang He

Date: Wed Jun 10 2026 - 01:32:43 EST


mxc_init_irq() obtains two device_node references via
of_find_compatible_node() and never releases either one:

- The "fsl,imx25-ccm" node (looked up to map the CCM low-power
interrupt mask registers on i.MX25) is stored in np, used by
of_iomap(), and then the same np variable is overwritten by the
second of_find_compatible_node() call without an of_node_put().
On i.MX25 this leaks the node reference on every boot.

- The "fsl,avic" node is passed via of_fwnode_handle(np) to
irq_domain_create_legacy(), which takes its own reference on the
fwnode through fwnode_handle_get(), so the caller's reference is
not transferred. np is then leaked at function return.

Both lookups predate the switch to irq_domain_create_*(); the missing
puts have been there since the code was introduced.

Drop each reference once the value derived from it is no longer needed:
after of_iomap() has mapped the CCM registers, and after
irq_domain_create_legacy() has taken its own fwnode reference.
of_node_put() is NULL-safe, so platforms without these nodes are
unaffected.

Found by static analysis tool CodeQL.

Fixes: 544496ab5cbd ("ARM: imx: move irq_domain_add_legacy call into avic driver")
Fixes: 9b454d16e57d ("ARM: imx: avic: set low-power interrupt mask for imx25")
Signed-off-by: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c
index 3067c06b4b8eb..6873a50bbe2c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/avic.c
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ static void __init mxc_init_irq(void __iomem *irqbase)

np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "fsl,imx25-ccm");
mx25_ccm_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
+ of_node_put(np);

if (mx25_ccm_base) {
/*
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ static void __init mxc_init_irq(void __iomem *irqbase)
np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "fsl,avic");
domain = irq_domain_create_legacy(of_fwnode_handle(np), AVIC_NUM_IRQS, irq_base, 0,
&irq_domain_simple_ops, NULL);
+ of_node_put(np);
WARN_ON(!domain);

for (i = 0; i < AVIC_NUM_IRQS / 32; i++, irq_base += 32)

base-commit: 0f61b1860cc3f52aef9036d7235ed1f017632193
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2.43.0