[PATCH v4 10/13] dma-pool: fix page leak in atomic_pool_expand() cleanup

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)

Date: Tue May 12 2026 - 05:15:02 EST


atomic_pool_expand() frees the allocated pages from the remove_mapping
error path only when CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP is enabled.

When CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP is disabled, failures after page allocation,
such as gen_pool_add_virt(), jump to remove_mapping and return without
freeing the pages.

Move __free_pages(page, order) out of the CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP block so
that cleanup paths always release the allocation.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/dma/pool.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/pool.c b/kernel/dma/pool.c
index 75f0eba48a23..5abd30c5119f 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/pool.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/pool.c
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ static int atomic_pool_expand(struct dma_gen_pool *dma_pool, size_t pool_size,
#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
dma_common_free_remap(addr, pool_size);
free_page:
- __free_pages(page, order);
#endif
+ __free_pages(page, order);
out:
return ret;
}
--
2.43.0