[PATCH] misc: vmc_vmci: Fix potential memory leak in vmci_event_subscribe()
From: Abdun Nihaal
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 08:47:53 EST
The memory allocated for struct vmci_subscription (sub) is not freed
in the error path when have_new_id is false. Fix that by adding a
kfree() call, and moving the read of sub->id to a point before freeing.
Fixes: 1d990201f9bb ("VMCI: event handling implementation.")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Compile tested only. Issue found using static analysis.
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_event.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_event.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_event.c
index fffe068a26eb..a7f7363c577f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_event.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_event.c
@@ -181,14 +181,15 @@ int vmci_event_subscribe(u32 event,
if (have_new_id) {
list_add_rcu(&sub->node, &subscriber_array[event]);
+ *new_subscription_id = sub->id;
retval = VMCI_SUCCESS;
} else {
+ *new_subscription_id = sub->id;
+ kfree(sub);
retval = VMCI_ERROR_NO_RESOURCES;
}
mutex_unlock(&subscriber_mutex);
-
- *new_subscription_id = sub->id;
return retval;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmci_event_subscribe);
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2.43.0