[PATCH] dmaengine: idxd: fix double free in idxd_cdev_open() error path
From: Guangshuo Li
Date: Sat Apr 11 2026 - 11:36:43 EST
When dev_set_name() or device_add() fails, the call chain is:
idxd_cdev_open()
-> device_initialize(fdev)
-> dev_set_name() / device_add()
-> failure
-> put_device(fdev)
-> idxd_file_dev_release()
-> kfree(ctx)
Then control returns to idxd_cdev_open(), where the error path continues
with:
failed:
-> kfree(ctx)
Thus, ctx is freed twice.
In addition, idxd_file_dev_release() also calls ida_free() and
idxd_wq_put(), but in the current code ctx->id is allocated and the wq
reference is taken only after device_add() succeeds. If put_device(fdev)
runs the release callback before that point, the cleanup is not balanced.
Allocate the file ida and take the wq reference before
device_initialize(), so the device release callback can own the cleanup
after put_device(). For the dev_set_name() and device_add() failure path,
let put_device() and the release callback handle resource teardown.
Fixes: e6fd6d7e5f0fe ("dmaengine: idxd: add a device to represent the file opened")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c
index 7e4715f92773..524146b0000c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/cdev.c
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ static int idxd_cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
struct iommu_sva *sva = NULL;
unsigned int pasid;
struct idxd_cdev *idxd_cdev;
+ bool wq_ref = false;
wq = inode_wq(inode);
idxd = wq->idxd;
@@ -280,12 +281,16 @@ static int idxd_cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
}
}
- idxd_cdev = wq->idxd_cdev;
ctx->id = ida_alloc(&file_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
if (ctx->id < 0) {
dev_warn(dev, "ida alloc failure\n");
goto failed_ida;
}
+
+ idxd_wq_get(wq);
+ wq_ref = true;
+
+ idxd_cdev = wq->idxd_cdev;
ctx->idxd_dev.type = IDXD_DEV_CDEV_FILE;
fdev = user_ctx_dev(ctx);
device_initialize(fdev);
@@ -305,20 +310,23 @@ static int idxd_cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
goto failed_dev_add;
}
- idxd_wq_get(wq);
mutex_unlock(&wq->wq_lock);
return 0;
failed_dev_add:
failed_dev_name:
put_device(fdev);
-failed_ida:
+ mutex_unlock(&wq->wq_lock);
+ return rc;
failed_set_pasid:
if (device_user_pasid_enabled(idxd))
idxd_xa_pasid_remove(ctx);
failed_get_pasid:
if (device_user_pasid_enabled(idxd) && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sva))
iommu_sva_unbind_device(sva);
+failed_ida:
+ if (wq_ref)
+ idxd_wq_put(wq);
failed:
mutex_unlock(&wq->wq_lock);
kfree(ctx);
--
2.43.0