[PATCH v1 2/2] iommu/amd: Fix nested domain leak

From: Tycho Andersen

Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 15:59:40 EST


From: "Tycho Andersen (AMD)" <tycho@xxxxxxxxxx>

A couple of runs of different AI tools have generated something like the
following bug report:

In nested_domain_free(), when refcount_dec_and_test() returns false
(other nested domains still reference the same gdom_info), the function
returns without calling kfree(ndom), leaking the nested_domain
structure. This problem wasn't introduced by this patch, but exists in
the code from commit 757d2b1fdf5b that the patch modifies. Each
nested_domain (ndom) is allocated individually in
amd_iommu_alloc_domain_nested() via kzalloc_obj(*ndom). The .free
callback is the sole point responsible for freeing this domain. When
the refcount is > 0, only the xa_unlock_irqrestore is performed and the
function returns, leaving ndom permanently allocated. This leak occurs
every time a nested domain sharing a gDomID is destroyed while other
domains still use that gDomID.

There is a similar leak later in this function in the WARN_ON() test when
the mapping is already NULL. Switch to a RAII-based cleanup for ndom, since
it should always be freed in this function.

Fixes: 757d2b1fdf5b ("iommu/amd: Introduce gDomID-to-hDomID Mapping and handle parent domain invalidation")
Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen (AMD) <tycho@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iommu/amd/nested.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/nested.c b/drivers/iommu/amd/nested.c
index 5c9405223f91..63b53b29e029 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd/nested.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/nested.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void nested_domain_free(struct iommu_domain *dom)
{
unsigned long irqflags;
struct guest_domain_mapping_info *curr;
- struct nested_domain *ndom = to_ndomain(dom);
+ struct nested_domain *ndom __free(kfree) = to_ndomain(dom);
struct amd_iommu_viommu *aviommu = ndom->viommu;

xa_lock_irqsave(&aviommu->gdomid_array, irqflags);
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ static void nested_domain_free(struct iommu_domain *dom)

amd_iommu_pdom_id_free(ndom->gdom_info->hdom_id);
kfree(curr);
- kfree(ndom);
}

static const struct iommu_domain_ops nested_domain_ops = {
--
2.55.0