linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.10,5.15,6.1,6.6] leds: spi-byte: Initialize device node before access

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Message-ID: <20251230212215.1613954-2-ynaffit@google.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:22:16 -0800
From: Tiffany Yang <ynaffit@...gle.com>
To: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: pchelkin@...ras.ru, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com, 
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5.10,5.15,6.1,6.6] leds: spi-byte: Initialize device node
 before access

Commit 7f9ab862e05c ("leds: spi-byte: Call of_node_put() on error path")
was merged in 6.11 and then backported to stable trees through 5.10. It
relocates the line that initializes the variable 'child' to a later
point in spi_byte_probe().

Versions < 6.9 do not have commit ccc35ff2fd29 ("leds: spi-byte: Use
devm_led_classdev_register_ext()"), which removes a line that reads a
property from 'child' before its new initialization point. Consequently,
spi_byte_probe() reads from an uninitialized device node in stable
kernels 6.6-5.10.

Initialize 'child' before it is first accessed.

Fixes: 7f9ab862e05c ("leds: spi-byte: Call of_node_put() on error path")
Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang <ynaffit@...gle.com>

---

As an alternative to moving the initialization of 'child' up,
Fedor Pchelkin proposed [1] backporting the change that removes the
intermediate access.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20241029204128.527033-1-pchelkin@ispras.ru/
---
 drivers/leds/leds-spi-byte.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-spi-byte.c b/drivers/leds/leds-spi-byte.c
index afe9bff7c7c1..4520df1e2341 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-spi-byte.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-spi-byte.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static int spi_byte_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (!led)
 		return -ENOMEM;

+	child = of_get_next_available_child(dev_of_node(dev), NULL);
 	of_property_read_string(child, "label", &name);
 	strscpy(led->name, name, sizeof(led->name));
 	led->spi = spi;
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ static int spi_byte_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	led->ldev.max_brightness = led->cdef->max_value - led->cdef->off_value;
 	led->ldev.brightness_set_blocking = spi_byte_brightness_set_blocking;

-	child = of_get_next_available_child(dev_of_node(dev), NULL);
 	state = of_get_property(child, "default-state", NULL);
 	if (state) {
 		if (!strcmp(state, "on")) {
-- 
2.52.0.351.gbe84eed79e-goog