5.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Yige Jiang [ Upstream commit 5ae916fabca141b79b32e2e57f3c915c0f1e1b2e ] netsec_of_probe() takes a reference on the PHY device_node with of_parse_phandle() and stores it in priv->phy_np, but the driver never drops it. One device_node reference is leaked per probe, on the success path as well as on every error path reached after netsec_of_probe(). Neither consumer takes ownership. of_mdio_parse_addr() is a static inline taking a const struct device_node * that only reads the "reg" property. of_phy_connect() borrows as well: of_phy_get_and_connect() in drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c brackets its own call with of_node_get() at :364 and of_node_put() at :373, which would be a double put if of_phy_connect() consumed the reference. The node is still in use at netsec_netdev_open() time, where it is passed to of_phy_connect(), so it has device lifetime. Release it at the probe error label, which every failure path after the acquire funnels through, and in netsec_remove(). Both releases precede free_netdev(), since priv is netdev_priv(ndev). The ACPI probe path leaves priv->phy_np NULL and of_node_put(NULL) is a no-op. There is no end-user visible symptom on currently supported platforms: a device_node is only freed once OF_DYNAMIC is enabled and the node has been detached, so on a static device tree the imbalance is inert. It is observable as a refcount that grows across bind/unbind cycles, and would matter under device tree overlays. Found by static analysis of reference acquire/release pairing rather than from a runtime report. No reproducer was produced and the change has not been runtime tested; it is compile-tested only (arm64, CONFIG_SNI_NETSEC=m via COMPILE_TEST). Fixes: 533dd11a12f6 ("net: socionext: Add Synquacer NetSec driver") Signed-off-by: Yige Jiang Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260913064102.37452-1-yigejiang86@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c index eb59e8abe6915..cc12a45740063 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c @@ -2148,6 +2148,7 @@ static int netsec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev); pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev); free_ndev: + of_node_put(priv->phy_np); free_netdev(ndev); dev_err(&pdev->dev, "init failed\n"); @@ -2165,6 +2166,7 @@ static int netsec_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) netif_napi_del(&priv->napi); pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev); + of_node_put(priv->phy_np); free_netdev(priv->ndev); return 0; -- 2.53.0