Re: [PATCH v3] virtio-mmio: fix memory leak of vm_dev

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Wed Sep 13 2023 - 16:47:55 EST


On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 09:03:29AM +0000, Maximilian Heyne wrote:
> With the recent removal of vm_dev from devres its memory is only freed
> via the callback virtio_mmio_release_dev. However, this only takes
> effect after device_add is called by register_virtio_device. Until then
> it's an unmanaged resource and must be explicitly freed on error exit.
>
> This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis
> Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc.
>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 55c91fedd03d ("virtio-mmio: don't break lifecycle of vm_dev")
> Signed-off-by: Maximilian Heyne <mheyne@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sorry for overlooking this in 55c91fedd03d and thanks for fixing it!

Reviewed-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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