linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: valkyriefb: Fix reference count leak in valkyriefb

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Message-ID: <1e872104-e744-45f9-b2f3-8007fb818b05@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:15:06 +0100
From: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
 linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: valkyriefb: Fix reference count leak in
 valkyriefb_init

On 10/27/25 09:43, Miaoqian Lin wrote:
> The of_find_node_by_name() function returns a device tree node with its
> reference count incremented. The caller is responsible for calling
> of_node_put() to release this reference when done.
> 
> Found via static analysis.
> 
> Fixes: cc5d0189b9ba ("[PATCH] powerpc: Remove device_node addrs/n_addr")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/video/fbdev/valkyriefb.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

applied.

Thanks!
Helge