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

[Frank Li]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 12:50:01PM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> 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>
> ---

qdma_setup() is called by probe() only use devm_ allocate function

Frank

>  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
>