[PATCH] leds: pwm-multicolor: manage the multi-led node reference

From: Yige Jiang

Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 21:40:02 EST


led_pwm_mc_probe() leaks the multi-led node reference on successful
probe and if the final PWM update fails. LED registration borrows
the node, so it must remain valid until the LED is unregistered.

Register a managed put action before LED registration. Reverse devres
order then unregisters the LED before releasing the node on unbind
or probe failure. Remove the explicit error-path put to avoid
releasing the reference twice.

Fixes: 9fa2762110dd ("leds: Add PWM multicolor driver")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Yige Jiang <yigejiang86@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Based on linux-next next-20261016 (2efb7a11f1aa).
Compile-tested: arm64, GCC 14.2.0, W=1, CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC=y.
COMPILE_TEST=y.
The object was built from this exact base with the patch applied.
No full kernel or module-link, hardware or runtime test was performed.

drivers/leds/rgb/leds-pwm-multicolor.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/rgb/leds-pwm-multicolor.c b/drivers/leds/rgb/leds-pwm-multicolor.c
index 6365459ec27f17187804153cde6cb1805eca33e9..0ccf6839bc65f282f7c821e9fe7a50f431cc0d71 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/rgb/leds-pwm-multicolor.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/rgb/leds-pwm-multicolor.c
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ release_fwnode:
return ret;
}

+static void led_pwm_mc_put_node(void *data)
+{
+ fwnode_handle_put(data);
+}
+
static int led_pwm_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct fwnode_handle *mcnode;
@@ -121,6 +126,10 @@ static int led_pwm_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -ENODEV,
"expected multi-led node\n");

+ ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(&pdev->dev, led_pwm_mc_put_node, mcnode);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
/* count the nodes inside the multi-led node */
count = fwnode_get_child_node_count(mcnode);

@@ -174,7 +183,6 @@ static int led_pwm_mc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;

release_mcnode:
- fwnode_handle_put(mcnode);
return ret;
}


base-commit: 2efb7a11f1aa4d2dc285fe2680cca22cb9f72f64