'of_node_put()' can potentially release the memory pointed to by 'iiospec.np' which would leave us with an invalid pointer (and we would still pass it in 'of_xlate()'). As such, we can only release the node after we are done with it. Fixes: 17d82b47a215d ("iio: Add OF support") Signed-off-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/inkern.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c index df74765d33dc..9d87057794fc 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c +++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c @@ -165,9 +165,10 @@ static int __of_iio_channel_get(struct iio_channel *channel, idev = bus_find_device(&iio_bus_type, NULL, iiospec.np, iio_dev_node_match); - of_node_put(iiospec.np); - if (idev == NULL) + if (idev == NULL) { + of_node_put(iiospec.np); return -EPROBE_DEFER; + } indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(idev); channel->indio_dev = indio_dev; @@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ static int __of_iio_channel_get(struct iio_channel *channel, index = indio_dev->info->of_xlate(indio_dev, &iiospec); else index = __of_iio_simple_xlate(indio_dev, &iiospec); + of_node_put(iiospec.np); if (index < 0) goto err_put; channel->channel = &indio_dev->channels[index]; -- 2.36.1