In line 1423 (#1), of_link_to_phandle() is called. In the function (line 1140, #2), "of_node_put(sup_np);" drops the reference to phandle and may cause phandle to be released. However, after the function returns, the phandle is subsequently dropped again (line 1424, #3) by the same put function. Double putting the phandle can lead to an incorrect reference count. We believe that the first put of the phandle is unnecessary (#3). We can fix the above bug by removing the redundant "of_node_put()" in line 1423. 1401 static int of_link_property(struct device_node *con_np, const char *prop_name) 1402 { ... 1409 while (!matched && s->parse_prop) { ... 1414 1415 while ((phandle = s->parse_prop(con_np, prop_name, i))) { ... //#1 phandle is dropped in this function 1423 of_link_to_phandle(con_dev_np, phandle); 1424 //#3 the second drop to phandle of_node_put(phandle); 1425 of_node_put(con_dev_np); 1426 } ... 1428 } 1429 return 0; 1430 } 1095 static int of_link_to_phandle(struct device_node *con_np, 1096 struct device_node *sup_np) 1097 { 1098 struct device *sup_dev; 1099 struct device_node *tmp_np = sup_np; ... 1140 of_node_put(sup_np); //#2 the first drop to phandle // (unnecessary) 1141 1142 return 0; 1143 } Signed-off-by: Wentao_Liang <Wentao_Liang_g@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/of/property.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c index 6c028632f425..408fdde1a20c 100644 --- a/drivers/of/property.c +++ b/drivers/of/property.c @@ -1137,7 +1137,6 @@ static int of_link_to_phandle(struct device_node *con_np, put_device(sup_dev); fwnode_link_add(of_fwnode_handle(con_np), of_fwnode_handle(sup_np)); - of_node_put(sup_np); return 0; } -- 2.25.1