[PATCH] xen/scsiback: fix potential memory leak in scsiback_remove()

From: Abdun Nihaal

Date: Tue Dec 23 2025 - 01:30:26 EST


Memory allocated for struct vscsiblk_info in scsiback_probe() is not
freed in scsiback_remove() leading to potential memory leaks on remove,
as well as in the scsiback_probe() error paths. Fix that by freeing it
in scsiback_remove().

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: d9d660f6e562 ("xen-scsiback: Add Xen PV SCSI backend driver")
Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Compile tested only. Issue found using static analysis.

drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c b/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
index 0c51edfd13dc..7d5117e5efe0 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ static void scsiback_remove(struct xenbus_device *dev)
gnttab_page_cache_shrink(&info->free_pages, 0);

dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);
+ kfree(info);
}

static int scsiback_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
--
2.43.0