[PATCH v3] soc: mediatek: svs: Fix memory leak in svs_enable_debug_write()

From: Zilin Guan
Date: Mon Dec 29 2025 - 08:25:47 EST


In svs_enable_debug_write(), the buf allocated by memdup_user_nul()
is leaked if kstrtoint() fails.

Fix this by using __free(kfree) to automatically free buf, eliminating
the need for explicit kfree() calls and preventing leaks.

Fixes: 13f1bbcfb582 ("soc: mediatek: SVS: add debug commands")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Co-developed-by: Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Reduce the scope of the involved local variable.
- Add Cc to stable.

Changes in v2:
- Use __free(kfree) to simplify memory management.

drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-svs.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-svs.c b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-svs.c
index f45537546553..475926a606fd 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-svs.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/mediatek/mtk-svs.c
@@ -789,12 +789,11 @@ static ssize_t svs_enable_debug_write(struct file *filp,
struct svs_bank *svsb = file_inode(filp)->i_private;
struct svs_platform *svsp = dev_get_drvdata(svsb->dev);
int enabled, ret;
- char *buf = NULL;

if (count >= PAGE_SIZE)
return -EINVAL;

- buf = (char *)memdup_user_nul(buffer, count);
+ char *buf __free(kfree) = (char *)memdup_user_nul(buffer, count);
if (IS_ERR(buf))
return PTR_ERR(buf);

@@ -807,8 +806,6 @@ static ssize_t svs_enable_debug_write(struct file *filp,
svsb->mode_support = SVSB_MODE_ALL_DISABLE;
}

- kfree(buf);
-
return count;
}

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