Re: [PATCH] pstore/ram: fix resource leak when ioremap() fails

From: Kees Cook

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 22:02:41 EST


On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:54:06 -0700, Cole Leavitt wrote:
> In persistent_ram_iomap(), ioremap() or ioremap_wc() may return NULL on
> failure. Currently, if this happens, the function returns NULL without
> releasing the memory region acquired by request_mem_region().
>
> This leads to a resource leak where the memory region remains reserved
> but unusable.
>
> [...]

Thanks! I tweaked the patch a bit and applied to for-next/pstore, thanks!

[1/1] pstore/ram: fix resource leak when ioremap() fails
https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/bb5278a89dad

Take care,

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Kees Cook