[PATCH v3 2/9] dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_setup_engines

From: Shuai Xue
Date: Sun Mar 09 2025 - 01:22:13 EST


Memory allocated for engines is not freed if an error occurs during
idxd_setup_engines(). To fix it, free the allocated memory in the
reverse order of allocation before exiting the function in case of an
error.

Fixes: 75b911309060 ("dmaengine: idxd: fix engine conf_dev lifetime")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/idxd/init.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
index 8b775c4a43fc..635838a81e0f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ 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;
}

@@ -288,7 +289,10 @@ static int idxd_setup_engines(struct idxd_device *idxd)
engine = idxd->engines[i];
conf_dev = engine_confdev(engine);
put_device(conf_dev);
+ kfree(engine);
}
+ kfree(idxd->engines);
+
return rc;
}

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