[PATCH v1 03/17] efi/dev-path-parser: Switch to use acpi_bus_get_primary_device()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 16:10:39 EST


From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

Replace acpi_get_first_physical_node() that is slated for removal
with acpi_bus_get_primary_device() that takes a reference to the
device it is about to return.

This addresses a potential use-after-free that may occur if the
device returned by acpi_get_first_physical_node() is removed right
after dropping its ACPI companion's physical_node_lock in that
function.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c
index 13ea141c0def..e0f864cbaa8c 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/dev-path-parser.c
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ static long __init parse_acpi_path(const struct efi_dev_path *node,
if (!adev)
return -ENODEV;

- phys_dev = acpi_get_first_physical_node(adev);
+ phys_dev = acpi_bus_get_primary_device(adev);
if (phys_dev) {
- *child = get_device(phys_dev);
+ *child = phys_dev;
acpi_dev_put(adev);
} else
*child = &adev->dev;
--
2.51.0