[PATCH] net: 8390: pcnet_cs: release PCMCIA window on setup_shmem_window() error

From: Myeonghun Pak

Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 12:34:54 EST


setup_shmem_window() acquires a PCMCIA memory window with
pcmcia_request_window() and only releases it on the buffer-verification
failure path. If pcmcia_map_mem_page() or the subsequent ioremap()
fails, the function jumps straight to the "failed" label, which returns
without calling pcmcia_release_window(). The requested window is leaked.

This is reachable in practice: pcnet_config() treats a
setup_shmem_window() failure as non-fatal and falls back to
setup_dma_config(), so probe can continue and even succeed while the
requested shared-memory window is left allocated.

Route the post-request error paths through a new "release" label that
calls pcmcia_release_window() before returning, and fold the existing
buffer-verification cleanup into it. iounmap() is still performed before
the release where an ioremap() mapping exists, preserving the original
teardown order. The pcmcia_request_window() failure path still returns
directly, as no window is held there.

This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while
reviewing kernel code.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c
index 19f9c5db3f3b..e2081d493749 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c
@@ -1434,14 +1434,14 @@ static int setup_shmem_window(struct pcmcia_device *link, int start_pg,
offset -= offset % window_size;
ret = pcmcia_map_mem_page(link, link->resource[3], offset);
if (ret)
- goto failed;
+ goto release;

/* Try scribbling on the buffer */
info->base = ioremap(link->resource[3]->start,
resource_size(link->resource[3]));
if (unlikely(!info->base)) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto failed;
+ goto release;
}

for (i = 0; i < (TX_PAGES<<8); i += 2)
@@ -1452,9 +1452,8 @@ static int setup_shmem_window(struct pcmcia_device *link, int start_pg,
pcnet_reset_8390(dev);
if (i != (TX_PAGES<<8)) {
iounmap(info->base);
- pcmcia_release_window(link, link->resource[3]);
info->base = NULL;
- goto failed;
+ goto release;
}

ei_status.mem = info->base + offset;
@@ -1475,6 +1474,8 @@ static int setup_shmem_window(struct pcmcia_device *link, int start_pg,
info->flags |= USE_SHMEM;
return 0;

+release:
+ pcmcia_release_window(link, link->resource[3]);
failed:
return 1;
}
--
2.47.1