[PATCH] media: v4l2-core: Fix memory leak in v4l2_fwnode_parse_link

From: Biren Pandya

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 09:50:49 EST


In v4l2_fwnode_parse_link(), the remote endpoint fwnode reference is
acquired using fwnode_graph_get_remote_endpoint(). This reference is
properly released in the error paths, but it is leaked on the success
path.

Add the missing fwnode_handle_put() before returning 0 to prevent the
reference leak.

Signed-off-by: Biren Pandya <birenpandya@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
index 77f3298821b5..93ef83c591ef 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ int v4l2_fwnode_parse_link(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
if (!link->remote_node)
goto err_put_remote_endpoint;

+ fwnode_handle_put(fwnode);
return 0;

err_put_remote_endpoint:
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)