[PATCH v3] firmware: stratix10-svc: fix memory leaks and list corruption bugs
From: tze . yee . ng
Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 06:11:49 EST
From: Tze Yee Ng <tze.yee.ng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fix a memory leak when gen_pool_alloc() fails by freeing pmem on the error
path. Switch pmem allocation from devm_kzalloc() to kzalloc() with
explicit kfree() in the free path to match its list-managed lifetime.
Remove the erroneous list_del(&svc_data_mem) which corrupted the list head
on failed lookups.
Fixes: 7ca5ce896524 ("firmware: add Intel Stratix10 service layer driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.0+
Signed-off-by: Tze Yee Ng <tze.yee.ng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Remove blank line before Signed-off-by.
- No code changes.
Changes in v2:
- Remove if (!chan || !kaddr) early return from stratix10_svc_free_memory()
per review; failed lookup is handled by dropping list_del(&svc_data_mem).
- Add Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.0+.
- Minor commit message cleanup (lifetime spelling, subject line).
---
drivers/firmware/stratix10-svc.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/stratix10-svc.c b/drivers/firmware/stratix10-svc.c
index 00e134e663c8..ccf57dfd9a2d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/stratix10-svc.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/stratix10-svc.c
@@ -1848,14 +1848,16 @@ void *stratix10_svc_allocate_memory(struct stratix10_svc_chan *chan,
struct gen_pool *genpool = chan->ctrl->genpool;
size_t s = roundup(size, 1 << genpool->min_alloc_order);
- pmem = devm_kzalloc(chan->ctrl->dev, sizeof(*pmem), GFP_KERNEL);
+ pmem = kzalloc_obj(*pmem);
if (!pmem)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
guard(mutex)(&svc_mem_lock);
va = gen_pool_alloc(genpool, s);
- if (!va)
+ if (!va) {
+ kfree(pmem);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ }
memset((void *)va, 0, s);
pa = gen_pool_virt_to_phys(genpool, va);
@@ -1881,6 +1883,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stratix10_svc_allocate_memory);
void stratix10_svc_free_memory(struct stratix10_svc_chan *chan, void *kaddr)
{
struct stratix10_svc_data_mem *pmem;
+
guard(mutex)(&svc_mem_lock);
list_for_each_entry(pmem, &svc_data_mem, node)
@@ -1889,10 +1892,9 @@ void stratix10_svc_free_memory(struct stratix10_svc_chan *chan, void *kaddr)
(unsigned long)kaddr, pmem->size);
pmem->vaddr = NULL;
list_del(&pmem->node);
+ kfree(pmem);
return;
}
-
- list_del(&svc_data_mem);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stratix10_svc_free_memory);
--
2.43.7