[PATCH] drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pxl2dpi: avoid of_node_put() on ERR_PTR()

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Sun Apr 19 2026 - 08:22:04 EST


imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port() may return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV)
or ERR_PTR(-EINVAL). imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_find_next_bridge() stores that
value in a __free(device_node) variable and then immediately checks
IS_ERR(ep).

On the error path, returning from the function triggers the cleanup
handler for __free(device_node). Since the device_node cleanup helper
only checks for NULL before calling of_node_put(), this results in
of_node_put(ERR_PTR(...)), which may lead to an invalid kobject_put()
dereference and crash the kernel.

Fix it by avoiding __free(device_node) for the endpoint pointer and
releasing it explicitly after obtaining the remote port parent.

This issue was found by a custom static analysis tool.

Fixes: ceea3f7806a10 ("drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pxl2dpi: simplify put of device_node pointers")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c
index 441fd32dc91c..3610ca94a8e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c
@@ -264,12 +264,15 @@ imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port(struct imx8qxp_pxl2dpi *p2d,

static int imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_find_next_bridge(struct imx8qxp_pxl2dpi *p2d)
{
- struct device_node *ep __free(device_node) =
- imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port(p2d, 1);
+ struct device_node *ep;
+
+ ep = imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port(p2d, 1);
if (IS_ERR(ep))
return PTR_ERR(ep);

struct device_node *remote __free(device_node) = of_graph_get_remote_port_parent(ep);
+ of_node_put(ep);
+
if (!remote || !of_device_is_available(remote)) {
DRM_DEV_ERROR(p2d->dev, "no available remote\n");
return -ENODEV;
--
2.43.0