[PATCH] dmaengine: fsl-dpaa2-qdma: fix ppriv memory leaks

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Sun Sep 13 2026 - 00:50:22 EST


dpaa2_qdma_setup() allocates priv->ppriv separately from priv, but the
allocation is not released on all teardown paths.

If dpdmai_get_rx_queue() or dpdmai_get_tx_queue() fails after
priv->ppriv has been allocated, dpaa2_qdma_setup() returns through the
error path without freeing it.

The normal remove path has the same issue. dpaa2_qdma_remove() frees
priv without first releasing priv->ppriv, losing the only reference to
the separately allocated array.

Free priv->ppriv on setup failures that occur after its allocation and
during normal driver removal before freeing priv.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

Fixes: 7fdf9b05c73b ("dmaengine: fsl-dpaa2-qdma: Add NXP dpaa2 qDMA controller driver for Layerscape SoCs")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c b/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
index bf771251264d..0f0fe0291a06 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int __cold dpaa2_qdma_setup(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
i, 0, &priv->rx_queue_attr[i]);
if (err) {
dev_err(dev, "dpdmai_get_rx_queue() failed\n");
- goto exit;
+ goto err_free_ppriv;
}
ppriv->rsp_fqid = priv->rx_queue_attr[i].fqid;

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int __cold dpaa2_qdma_setup(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
i, 0, &priv->tx_queue_attr[i]);
if (err) {
dev_err(dev, "dpdmai_get_tx_queue() failed\n");
- goto exit;
+ goto err_free_ppriv;
}
ppriv->req_fqid = priv->tx_queue_attr[i].fqid;
ppriv->prio = DPAA2_QDMA_DEFAULT_PRIORITY;
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ static int __cold dpaa2_qdma_setup(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
}

return 0;
+
+err_free_ppriv:
+ kfree(priv->ppriv);
exit:
dpdmai_close(priv->mc_io, 0, ls_dev->mc_handle);
return err;
@@ -787,6 +790,7 @@ static void dpaa2_qdma_remove(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
dpaa2_dpdmai_free_channels(dpaa2_qdma);

dma_async_device_unregister(&dpaa2_qdma->dma_dev);
+ kfree(priv->ppriv);
kfree(priv);
kfree(dpaa2_qdma);
}
--
2.43.0