[PATCH] leds: max77705: fix fwnode reference leak in max77705_add_led()

[PATCH] leds: max77705: fix fwnode reference leak in max77705_add_led()

[Manush Prajwal]

In the RGB LED path of max77705_add_led(), the
fwnode_for_each_child_node() loop over the subled child nodes
returns directly on a max77705_parse_subled() failure without
releasing the reference held on the current child, since
fwnode_for_each_child_node() is not a scoped/cleanup-based
iterator and expects the caller to drop the reference itself on
any early exit from the loop body.

Call fwnode_handle_put() on the child fwnode before returning to
fix the leak.

Fixes: 3b6eaa3db567 ("leds: Use fwnode_for_each_child_node() instead")
Signed-off-by: Manush Prajwal <manushprajwal555@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c b/drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c
index 1e2054c..a5030c3 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c
@@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ static int max77705_add_led(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap, struct fw

 		fwnode_for_each_child_node(np, child) {
 			ret = max77705_parse_subled(dev, child, &info[i]);
-			if (ret < 0)
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				fwnode_handle_put(child);
 				return ret;
+			}

 			info[i].intensity = 0;
 			i++;
--
2.46.2.windows.1

Re: [PATCH] leds: max77705: fix fwnode reference leak in max77705_add_led()

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 28/08/2026 10:46, Manush Prajwal wrote:
> In the RGB LED path of max77705_add_led(), the
> fwnode_for_each_child_node() loop over the subled child nodes
> returns directly on a max77705_parse_subled() failure without
> releasing the reference held on the current child, since
> fwnode_for_each_child_node() is not a scoped/cleanup-based
> iterator and expects the caller to drop the reference itself on
> any early exit from the loop body.
> 
> Call fwnode_handle_put() on the child fwnode before returning to
> fix the leak.
> 
> Fixes: 3b6eaa3db567 ("leds: Use fwnode_for_each_child_node() instead")
> Signed-off-by: Manush Prajwal <manushprajwal555@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c b/drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c
> index 1e2054c..a5030c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-max77705.c
> @@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ static int max77705_add_led(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap, struct fw
> 
>  		fwnode_for_each_child_node(np, child) {

Would fwnode_for_each_child_node_scoped() work here?

>  			ret = max77705_parse_subled(dev, child, &info[i]);
> -			if (ret < 0)
> +			if (ret < 0) {
> +				fwnode_handle_put(child);
>  				return ret;
> +			}
> 
Best regards,
Krzysztof