[PATCH 1/2] driver core: platform: fix sw node use-after-free on device release

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 06:18:49 EST


When a device has a software node, device_remove_software_node() may
drop the last reference and free it during platform_device_release().
And if the software node is the primary node then the device fwnode
pointer is currently never cleared.

Use a temporary variable to track whether the primary node is a software
node to avoid a use-after-free in is_software_node() and having
fwnode_handle_put() call a function pointer via poisoned or reallocated
memory when the primary node is a software node.

This issue was flagged by Sashiko when reviewing a related fix.

Fixes: 7d80509ff0da ("driver core: platform: unify release path")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-b860000b-f1d0-46a0-ab52-d47cec8eab99
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 7.3
Cc: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/platform.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 979593e5cca1..ef0bfa972653 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -598,13 +598,14 @@ static void platform_device_release(struct device *dev)
{
struct platform_object *pa = container_of(dev, struct platform_object,
pdev.dev);
+ bool primary_is_software_node = is_software_node(dev_fwnode(dev));

device_remove_software_node(dev);
/*
* If the primary firmware node is a software node, its reference count
* was already decreased by the call to device_remove_software_node().
*/
- if (!is_software_node(dev_fwnode(dev)))
+ if (!primary_is_software_node)
fwnode_handle_put(pa->pdev.dev.fwnode);
kfree(pa->pdev.dev.platform_data);
kfree(pa->pdev.mfd_cell);
--
2.55.0