[PATCH] riscv/kvm: fix guest vector leak on host alloc failure
From: Yufan Chen
Date: Sat Mar 28 2026 - 05:22:45 EST
From: Yufan Chen <ericterminal@xxxxxxxxx>
When allocating vector context for a vCPU, guest_context.vector.datap is allocated before host_context.vector.datap. If the second allocation fails, the function returns -ENOMEM directly and leaks the guest buffer.
Switch the failure path to centralized cleanup. On host allocation failure, free guest_context.vector.datap, clear the pointer, and return -ENOMEM through a shared exit label.
Signed-off-by: Yufan Chen <ericterminal@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c
index 05f3cc2d8..4c2f92dce 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_vector.c
@@ -75,15 +75,23 @@ void kvm_riscv_vcpu_host_vector_restore(struct kvm_cpu_context *cntx)
int kvm_riscv_vcpu_alloc_vector_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
+ int rc = -ENOMEM;
+
vcpu->arch.guest_context.vector.datap = kzalloc(riscv_v_vsize, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!vcpu->arch.guest_context.vector.datap)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
vcpu->arch.host_context.vector.datap = kzalloc(riscv_v_vsize, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!vcpu->arch.host_context.vector.datap)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ goto free_guest_vector_datap;
return 0;
+
+free_guest_vector_datap:
+ kfree(vcpu->arch.guest_context.vector.datap);
+ vcpu->arch.guest_context.vector.datap = NULL;
+out:
+ return rc;
}
void kvm_riscv_vcpu_free_vector_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
--
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