[PATCH v1] dmaengine: idxd: fix double free of wq, engine, and group structs

From: Yuho Choi

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 16:55:05 EST


The release callbacks for wq, engine, and group devices
(idxd_conf_wq_release, idxd_conf_engine_release,
idxd_conf_group_release) each call kfree() on the enclosing struct.
The setup error paths and cleanup functions also call kfree()
explicitly after put_device(), producing a double free whenever
put_device() drops the reference count to zero and fires the release.

In the setup functions, device_initialize() is called before
device_add(), so the reference count is exactly 1 at the error sites.
put_device() unconditionally fires the release, which frees the struct;
the subsequent explicit kfree() then operates on freed memory.

For idxd_setup_wqs(), the wq release callback also owns opcap_bmap
and wqcfg. The error unwind additionally freed those fields explicitly
before calling put_device(), causing further double frees on both.

Remove the redundant explicit kfree() calls from all setup error paths
and cleanup functions for wq, engine, and group structs, delegating
sole ownership of those allocations to the release callbacks.

Fixes: 7c5dd23e57c1 ("dmaengine: idxd: fix wq conf_dev 'struct device' lifetime")
Fixes: 75b911309060 ("dmaengine: idxd: fix engine conf_dev lifetime")
Fixes: defe49f96012 ("dmaengine: idxd: fix group conf_dev lifetime")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/idxd/init.c | 36 +++++-------------------------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
index f1cfc7790d950..4b827a3297564 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
@@ -159,18 +159,12 @@ static void idxd_cleanup_interrupts(struct idxd_device *idxd)

static void idxd_clean_wqs(struct idxd_device *idxd)
{
- struct idxd_wq *wq;
struct device *conf_dev;
int i;

for (i = 0; i < idxd->max_wqs; i++) {
- wq = idxd->wqs[i];
- if (idxd->hw.wq_cap.op_config)
- bitmap_free(wq->opcap_bmap);
- kfree(wq->wqcfg);
- conf_dev = wq_confdev(wq);
+ conf_dev = wq_confdev(idxd->wqs[i]);
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(wq);
}
bitmap_free(idxd->wq_enable_map);
kfree(idxd->wqs);
@@ -212,7 +206,6 @@ static int idxd_setup_wqs(struct idxd_device *idxd)
rc = dev_set_name(conf_dev, "wq%d.%d", idxd->id, wq->id);
if (rc < 0) {
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(wq);
goto err_unwind;
}

@@ -227,7 +220,6 @@ static int idxd_setup_wqs(struct idxd_device *idxd)
wq->wqcfg = kzalloc_node(idxd->wqcfg_size, GFP_KERNEL, dev_to_node(dev));
if (!wq->wqcfg) {
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(wq);
rc = -ENOMEM;
goto err_unwind;
}
@@ -235,9 +227,7 @@ static int idxd_setup_wqs(struct idxd_device *idxd)
if (idxd->hw.wq_cap.op_config) {
wq->opcap_bmap = bitmap_zalloc(IDXD_MAX_OPCAP_BITS, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!wq->opcap_bmap) {
- kfree(wq->wqcfg);
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(wq);
rc = -ENOMEM;
goto err_unwind;
}
@@ -252,13 +242,8 @@ static int idxd_setup_wqs(struct idxd_device *idxd)

err_unwind:
while (--i >= 0) {
- wq = idxd->wqs[i];
- if (idxd->hw.wq_cap.op_config)
- bitmap_free(wq->opcap_bmap);
- kfree(wq->wqcfg);
- conf_dev = wq_confdev(wq);
+ conf_dev = wq_confdev(idxd->wqs[i]);
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(wq);
}
bitmap_free(idxd->wq_enable_map);

@@ -270,15 +255,12 @@ static int idxd_setup_wqs(struct idxd_device *idxd)

static void idxd_clean_engines(struct idxd_device *idxd)
{
- struct idxd_engine *engine;
struct device *conf_dev;
int i;

for (i = 0; i < idxd->max_engines; i++) {
- engine = idxd->engines[i];
- conf_dev = engine_confdev(engine);
+ conf_dev = engine_confdev(idxd->engines[i]);
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(engine);
}
kfree(idxd->engines);
}
@@ -313,7 +295,6 @@ 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;
}

@@ -324,10 +305,8 @@ static int idxd_setup_engines(struct idxd_device *idxd)

err:
while (--i >= 0) {
- engine = idxd->engines[i];
- conf_dev = engine_confdev(engine);
+ conf_dev = engine_confdev(idxd->engines[i]);
put_device(conf_dev);
- kfree(engine);
}
kfree(idxd->engines);

@@ -336,13 +315,10 @@ static int idxd_setup_engines(struct idxd_device *idxd)

static void idxd_clean_groups(struct idxd_device *idxd)
{
- struct idxd_group *group;
int i;

for (i = 0; i < idxd->max_groups; i++) {
- group = idxd->groups[i];
- put_device(group_confdev(group));
- kfree(group);
+ put_device(group_confdev(idxd->groups[i]));
}
kfree(idxd->groups);
}
@@ -377,7 +353,6 @@ 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);
- kfree(group);
goto err;
}

@@ -402,7 +377,6 @@ static int idxd_setup_groups(struct idxd_device *idxd)
while (--i >= 0) {
group = idxd->groups[i];
put_device(group_confdev(group));
- kfree(group);
}
kfree(idxd->groups);

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