[PATCH 1/2] soc: samsung: exynos-pmu: fix of_node refcount leak in exynos_get_pmu_regmap()

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 09/06/2026 11:52, geoffrey wrote:
> From: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2 at gmail.com>
> 
> exynos_get_pmu_regmap() obtains a device_node via of_find_matching_node()
> and passes it to exynos_get_pmu_regmap_by_phandle(np, NULL). With
> propname == NULL the callee uses np directly and only drops a reference
> when propname is set, so the reference taken by of_find_matching_node()
> is leaked on every call -- including on each -EPROBE_DEFER retry of the
> only in-tree caller, exynos_retention_init() in the Exynos pinctrl
> driver.
> 
> Drop the reference in the function that acquired it.
> 
> Found by static analysis tool CodeQL.
> 
> Fixes: 76640b84bd7a ("soc: samsung: pmu: Provide global function to get PMU regmap")
> Signed-off-by: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c b/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c
> index d58376c38179b..a5da2741852b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-pmu.c
> @@ -167,11 +167,17 @@ static const struct mfd_cell exynos_pmu_devs[] = {
>   */
>  struct regmap *exynos_get_pmu_regmap(void)
>  {
> -	struct device_node *np = of_find_matching_node(NULL,
> -						      exynos_pmu_of_device_ids);

Use __free() to make it simpler.

>  


Best regards,
Krzysztof