[PATCH v3] binderfs: free minor on binder-control creation failure

From: Chao Huang

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 21:08:42 EST


From: Chao Huang <huangchao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Both binderfs_binder_ctl_create() implementations allocate a minor before
creating the binder-control dentry. If d_alloc_name() fails, the error path
frees the device and drops the inode, but leaves the minor allocated in
binderfs_minors. Repeated failures can therefore exhaust the global minor
IDA.

Release the minor from a dedicated error path after a successful allocation
in both implementations.

Signed-off-by: Chao Huang <huangchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Use a dedicated out_with_minor error path instead of an -ENOSPC sentinel.

drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c | 7 ++++++-
drivers/android/binderfs.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c
index ade1c4d92499..0763e3db54bd 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/rust_binderfs.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)

dentry = d_alloc_name(root, "binder-control");
if (!dentry)
- goto out;
+ goto out_with_minor;

inode->i_private = device;
info->control_dentry = dentry;
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)

return 0;

+out_with_minor:
+ mutex_lock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
+ ida_free(&binderfs_minors, minor);
+ mutex_unlock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
+
out:
kfree(device);
iput(inode);
diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
index 361d69f756f5..0e96146ecf69 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)

dentry = d_alloc_name(root, "binder-control");
if (!dentry)
- goto out;
+ goto out_with_minor;

inode->i_private = device;
info->control_dentry = dentry;
@@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)

return 0;

+out_with_minor:
+ mutex_lock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
+ ida_free(&binderfs_minors, minor);
+ mutex_unlock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
+
out:
kfree(device);
iput(inode);

base-commit: c21bb4193868a8de71fc4693fa741e195fdf5d86
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2.25.1