[PATCH] dmaengine: idxd: fix double free in idxd_setup_engines() error path

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Tue Mar 31 2026 - 23:42:34 EST


When an error happens after device_initialize(), idxd_setup_engines()
calls put_device(conf_dev).

The device release callback idxd_conf_engine_release() frees engine,
but the current error paths then call kfree(engine) again, causing a
double free.

Keep the cleanup in idxd_conf_engine_release() after put_device() and
avoid freeing engine again in idxd_setup_engines().

Fixes: 817bced19d1d ("dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_setup_engines")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/idxd/init.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
index d9a9d56dd277..4eff74182225 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int idxd_setup_engines(struct idxd_device *idxd)
rc = dev_set_name(conf_dev, "engine%d.%d", idxd->id, engine->id);
if (rc < 0) {
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(engine);
+
goto err;
}

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static int idxd_setup_engines(struct idxd_device *idxd)
engine = idxd->engines[i];
conf_dev = engine_confdev(engine);
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(engine);
+
}
kfree(idxd->engines);

@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ static int idxd_setup_groups(struct idxd_device *idxd)
rc = dev_set_name(conf_dev, "group%d.%d", idxd->id, group->id);
if (rc < 0) {
put_device(conf_dev);
-
goto err;
}

@@ -399,7 +398,6 @@ static int idxd_setup_groups(struct idxd_device *idxd)
while (--i >= 0) {
group = idxd->groups[i];
put_device(group_confdev(group));
-
}
kfree(idxd->groups);

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