[PATCH] block: fix memory leak in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages
From: Shaurya Rane
Date: Thu Dec 04 2025 - 13:13:27 EST
Move the fatal signal check before bio_alloc() to prevent a memory
leak when BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE is set and a fatal signal is pending.
Previously, the bio was allocated before checking for a fatal signal.
If a signal was pending, the code would break out of the loop without
freeing or chaining the just-allocated bio, causing a memory leak.
This matches the pattern already used in __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes()
where the signal check precedes the allocation.
Fixes: bf86bcdb4012 ("blk-lib: check for kill signal in ioctl BLKZEROOUT")
Reported-by: syzbot+527a7e48a3d3d315d862@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=527a7e48a3d3d315d862
Signed-off-by: Shaurya Rane <ssrane_b23@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-lib.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 3030a772d3aa..352e3c0f8a7d 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -202,13 +202,13 @@ static void __blkdev_issue_zero_pages(struct block_device *bdev,
unsigned int nr_vecs = __blkdev_sectors_to_bio_pages(nr_sects);
struct bio *bio;
- bio = bio_alloc(bdev, nr_vecs, REQ_OP_WRITE, gfp_mask);
- bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-
if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) &&
fatal_signal_pending(current))
break;
+ bio = bio_alloc(bdev, nr_vecs, REQ_OP_WRITE, gfp_mask);
+ bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
+
do {
unsigned int len;
--
2.34.1