[PATCH v13 01/12] spmi: Fix potential use-after-free by grabbing of_node reference
From: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 05:41:50 EST
As noticed by Sashiko during a review run of an unrelated patch,
in of_spmi_register_devices(), for_each_available_child_of_node()
is used to loop through children, and to also assign a node to a
newly created SPMI child device.
Problem is that the refcount is dropped at every iteration so, in
the specific case of DT overlays, a use-after-free may occur when
an overlay is dynamically unloaded!
To resolve this, increase the of_node refcount when assigning (in
function of_spmi_register_devices) and release the reference in
spmi_device_remove().
Fixes: bc32bbd04011 ("spmi: Set fwnode for spmi devices")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Sashiko Bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260608100949.36309-1-angelogioacchino.delregno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?part=2
Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spmi/spmi.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/spmi/spmi.c b/drivers/spmi/spmi.c
index 57b7c0cb4240..f6d2f4bddfcd 100644
--- a/drivers/spmi/spmi.c
+++ b/drivers/spmi/spmi.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static void spmi_dev_release(struct device *dev)
{
struct spmi_device *sdev = to_spmi_device(dev);
+ of_node_put(dev->of_node);
kfree(sdev);
}
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ static void of_spmi_register_devices(struct spmi_controller *ctrl)
if (!sdev)
continue;
- device_set_node(&sdev->dev, of_fwnode_handle(node));
+ device_set_node(&sdev->dev, of_fwnode_handle(of_node_get(node)));
sdev->usid = (u8)reg[0];
err = spmi_device_add(sdev);
--
2.55.0