[PATCH v2 1/2] soc: samsung: exynos-pmu: fix use-after-free of interrupt generator node

From: Alexey Klimov

Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 01:37:40 EST


The setup_cpuhp_and_cpuidle() parses the device tree node for the
interrupt generation block via of_parse_phandle() and decrements its
reference count using of_node_put() immediately after fetching the resource
address. However, later the intr_gen_node pointer is passed into
of_syscon_register_regmap().

Fix this by declaring intr_gen_node with __free() and removing
of_node_put().

Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260513-exynos850-cpuhotplug-v4-0-54fec5f65362@xxxxxxxxxx?part=3
Fixes: 78b72897a5c8 ("soc: samsung: exynos-pmu: Enable CPU Idle for gs101")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexey Klimov <alexey.klimov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c b/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c
index f5fcdde9750e..efccdd63e40e 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c
@@ -409,13 +409,12 @@ static struct notifier_block exynos_cpupm_reboot_nb = {

static int setup_cpuhp_and_cpuidle(struct device *dev)
{
- struct device_node *intr_gen_node;
+ struct device_node *intr_gen_node __free(device_node) =
+ of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "google,pmu-intr-gen-syscon", 0);
struct resource intrgen_res;
void __iomem *virt_addr;
int ret, cpu;

- intr_gen_node = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node,
- "google,pmu-intr-gen-syscon", 0);
if (!intr_gen_node) {
/*
* To maintain support for older DTs that didn't specify syscon
@@ -431,8 +430,6 @@ static int setup_cpuhp_and_cpuidle(struct device *dev)
* syscon provided regmap.
*/
ret = of_address_to_resource(intr_gen_node, 0, &intrgen_res);
- of_node_put(intr_gen_node);
-
virt_addr = devm_ioremap(dev, intrgen_res.start,
resource_size(&intrgen_res));
if (!virt_addr)

--
2.51.0