Re: [PATCH 03/14] fbdev: metronomefb: fix potential memory leak in metronomefb_probe()

From: Thomas Zimmermann

Date: Fri May 15 2026 - 03:21:15 EST




Am 14.05.26 um 10:24 schrieb Abdun Nihaal:
The memory allocated for pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed
on the error path. Fix it by calling fb_deferred_io_cleanup().

Fixes: 56c134f7f1b5 ("fbdev: Track deferred-I/O pages in pageref struct")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c
index 6f0942c6e5f1..83c614963a0a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c
@@ -645,12 +645,14 @@ static int metronomefb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
info->flags = FBINFO_VIRTFB;
info->fbdefio = &metronomefb_defio;
- fb_deferred_io_init(info);
+ retval = fb_deferred_io_init(info);
+ if (retval)
+ goto err_free_irq;
retval = fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 8, 0);
if (retval < 0) {
dev_err(&dev->dev, "Failed to allocate colormap\n");
- goto err_free_irq;
+ goto err_fbdefio;
}
/* set cmap */
@@ -673,6 +675,8 @@ static int metronomefb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
err_cmap:
fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
+err_fbdefio:
+ fb_deferred_io_cleanup(info);
err_free_irq:
board->cleanup(par);
err_csum_table:


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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
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