The software_node_get_next_child() function currently does not hold references to the child software_node that it finds or put the ref that is held against the old child - fix that. Fixes: 59abd83672f7 ("drivers: base: Introducing software nodes to the firmware node framework") Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v5: - None drivers/base/swnode.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c index 4a4b2008fbc2..4fcc1a6fb724 100644 --- a/drivers/base/swnode.c +++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c @@ -443,14 +443,18 @@ software_node_get_next_child(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, struct swnode *c = to_swnode(child); if (!p || list_empty(&p->children) || - (c && list_is_last(&c->entry, &p->children))) + (c && list_is_last(&c->entry, &p->children))) { + fwnode_handle_put(child); return NULL; + } if (c) c = list_next_entry(c, entry); else c = list_first_entry(&p->children, struct swnode, entry); - return &c->fwnode; + + fwnode_handle_put(child); + return fwnode_handle_get(&c->fwnode); } static struct fwnode_handle * -- 2.25.1