[PATCH v3 05/17] LoongArch: kexec: Fix CMA page leaks in segment placement retry loops
From: Jinjie Ruan
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 05:31:02 EST
During kexec image placement retry loops, any midway failure causes
the loader to truncate `image->nr_segments` back to its initial state
to purge the failed segments.
However, this truncation introduces a memory leak. The CMA pages
allocated via kexec_add_buffer() during the failed attempt are tracked
in the `image->segment_cma` array. Because the subsequent cleanup paths
only iterate up to the truncated `nr_segments` boundary, these allocated
CMA pages outside the new boundary are permanently leaked.
Fix this by explicitly releasing the associated CMA buffers in
the failure paths before `image->nr_segments` is reduced.
Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: WANG Xuerui <kernel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Youling Tang <tangyouling@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260729031235.2840255-1-ruanjinjie%40huawei.com
Fixes: 55d990f0084c ("LoongArch: Add EFI binary support for kexec_file")
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c | 1 +
arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
index 5ee78ebb1546..15fd797ff3de 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static void *efi_kexec_load(struct kimage *image,
* We couldn't find space for the other segments; erase the
* kernel segment and try the next available hole.
*/
+ kexec_free_segment_cma(image, kernel_segment_number);
image->nr_segments -= 1;
kbuf.buf_min = kernel_segment->mem + kernel_segment->memsz;
kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 5412aa9f3568..62a5be102065 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -217,7 +217,11 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
return 0;
out_err:
- image->nr_segments = orig_segments;
+ while (image->nr_segments > orig_segments) {
+ kexec_free_segment_cma(image, image->nr_segments - 1);
+ image->nr_segments--;
+ }
+
kfree(modified_cmdline);
return ret;
}
--
2.34.1