[PATCH] nvme: unmap the data buffer when metadata mapping fails

From: Joel Granados

Date: Fri Jun 12 2026 - 05:42:04 EST


Commit d0d1d522316e ("blk-map: provide the bdev to bio if one exists")
dropped the "bio = req->bio" assignment in nvme_map_user_request(), but
left the local bio variable initialized to NULL and still used it in the
out_unmap error path. The "if (bio)" test is therefore always false, so
a failure of blk_rq_integrity_map_user() no longer unmaps the already
mapped data buffer. The callers only call blk_mq_free_request(), which
does not unmap user pages, leaking the bio and its pinned user pages.

Use req->bio directly to unmap the data buffer on the error path, and
drop the now unused local variable.

Fixes: d0d1d522316e ("blk-map: provide the bdev to bio if one exists")

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Did we forget to unmap?
---
drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index 9597a87cf05dc32a7eb0373485f575502c32a105..9ae3c0aadfb8f35790c8e57619d1af69ca41af0c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ static int nvme_map_user_request(struct request *req, u64 ubuffer,
bool supports_metadata = bdev && blk_get_integrity(bdev->bd_disk);
struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = nvme_req(req)->ctrl;
bool has_metadata = meta_buffer && meta_len;
- struct bio *bio = NULL;
int ret;

if (!nvme_ctrl_sgl_supported(ctrl))
@@ -154,8 +153,8 @@ static int nvme_map_user_request(struct request *req, u64 ubuffer,
return ret;

out_unmap:
- if (bio)
- blk_rq_unmap_user(bio);
+ if (req->bio)
+ blk_rq_unmap_user(req->bio);
return ret;
}


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base-commit: adeac771f4901bb66267eaddb9fcc538925f92a4
change-id: 20260612-jag-fixes-6b459ea16d53

Best regards,
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Joel Granados <joel.granados@xxxxxxxxxx>