[PATCH] spi: bcm2835: fix device_node reference leak in bcm2835_spi_setup()

From: Lucas Costa

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 14:45:46 EST


of_find_compatible_node() returns a device_node with its reference count
incremented, but the function bcm2835_spi_setup() uses the ret value
in the loop to check a condition and never releases it.

Store the returned node and drop it with of_node_put() before breaking
out of the loop.

Fixes: e19c1272c80a ("spi: bcm2835: Restore native CS probing when pinctrl-bcm2835 is absent")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lucas Costa <2000.costalucas@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c b/drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c
index 8f8715809c7c..8909757c94e3 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-bcm2835.c
@@ -1226,6 +1226,7 @@ static int bcm2835_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
struct bcm2835_spi *bs = spi_controller_get_devdata(ctlr);
struct bcm2835_spidev *target = spi_get_ctldata(spi);
struct gpiod_lookup_table *lookup __free(kfree) = NULL;
+ struct device_node *np;
static const char * const pinctrl_compats[] = {
"brcm,bcm2835-gpio",
"brcm,bcm2711-gpio",
@@ -1297,8 +1298,11 @@ static int bcm2835_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
}

for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pinctrl_compats); i++) {
- if (of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, pinctrl_compats[i]))
+ np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, pinctrl_compats[i]);
+ if (np) {
+ of_node_put(np);
break;
+ }
}

if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(pinctrl_compats))
--
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