Re: [PATCH v2] drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pxl2dpi: avoid of_node_put() on ERR_PTR()

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 10:45:59AM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port() may return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV)
> or ERR_PTR(-EINVAL). imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_find_next_bridge() stores that

That's bug there.

> 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")

Nope. This is not a fix for buggy driver. Fix buggy driver.

> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
>   - Fix DEFINE_FREE(device_node, ...) directly
> 
>  include/linux/of.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
> index 2b95777f16f6..600a6e8418bb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/of.h
> +++ b/include/linux/of.h
> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static inline struct device_node *of_node_get(struct device_node *node)
>  }
>  static inline void of_node_put(struct device_node *node) { }
>  #endif /* !CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC */
> -DEFINE_FREE(device_node, struct device_node *, if (_T) of_node_put(_T))
> +DEFINE_FREE(device_node, struct device_node *, if (_T && !IS_ERR(_T)) of_node_put(_T))

So you open coded IS_ERR_OR_NULL. No, wrong pattern. Fix buggy pattern
in the driver.

Best regards,
Krzysztof