[PATCH] 9p: fix memory leak in v9fs_init_fs_context error path
From: Sasha Levin
Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 08:58:55 EST
Move the assignments of fc->ops and fc->fs_private to right after the
kzalloc, before any fallible operations. Previously these were assigned
at the end of the function, after the kstrdup calls for uname and aname.
If either kstrdup failed, the error path would set fc->need_free but
leave fc->ops NULL, so put_fs_context() would never call v9fs_free_fc()
to free the allocated context and any already-duplicated strings.
Fixes: 1f3e4142c0eb ("9p: convert to the new mount API")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/9p/vfs_super.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 0a1c4f7cb001d..431f24938a1d3 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ static int v9fs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
if (!ctx)
return -ENOMEM;
+ fc->ops = &v9fs_context_ops;
+ fc->fs_private = ctx;
+
/* initialize core options */
ctx->session_opts.afid = ~0;
ctx->session_opts.cache = CACHE_NONE;
@@ -345,9 +348,6 @@ static int v9fs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
ctx->rdma_opts.timeout = P9_RDMA_TIMEOUT;
ctx->rdma_opts.privport = false;
- fc->ops = &v9fs_context_ops;
- fc->fs_private = ctx;
-
return 0;
error:
fc->need_free = 1;
--
2.51.0