[PATCH v1] regmap: ram: fix memory leaks in __regmap_init_ram() on error
From: Yuho Choi
Date: Thu Apr 16 2026 - 19:57:41 EST
Two allocations in __regmap_init_ram() are not cleaned up on failure.
If the kzalloc_objs() for data->written fails, data->read is returned
with no way for the caller to free it.
If __regmap_init() fails, neither data->read nor data->written is freed
because its error paths do not call bus->free_context() (which is
regmap_ram_free_context() here). Only regmap_exit() does, and that is
never reached on an init failure.
Free the allocated arrays before returning any error.
Fixes: f6352424e37e ("regmap: Add RAM backed register map")
Signed-off-by: Yuho Choi <dbgh9129@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/regmap/regmap-ram.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-ram.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-ram.c
index 0272d53fead11..c7356b0d8c832 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-ram.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-ram.c
@@ -71,11 +71,17 @@ struct regmap *__regmap_init_ram(struct device *dev,
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
data->written = kzalloc_objs(bool, config->max_register + 1);
- if (!data->written)
+ if (!data->written) {
+ kfree(data->read);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ }
map = __regmap_init(dev, ®map_ram, data, config,
lock_key, lock_name);
+ if (IS_ERR(map)) {
+ kfree(data->read);
+ kfree(data->written);
+ }
return map;
}
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