Re: [PATCH 1/1] ALSA: ctxfi: Fix memory leakage when clearing DAO input mappers

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:45:01 +0200,
Harin Lee wrote:
> 
> Commit e576e7843c0d ("ALSA: ctxfi: Simplify dao_clear_{left,right}_input() functions")
> centralized the DAO input mapper clearing logic in
> dao_clear_input(), but omitted the kfree() calls.
> 
> It removes the mapper entries from the list and sets their pointers
> to NULL without freeing the allocated array. This leaks memory each
> time dao_clear_input() is called.
> 
> Store the base pointer of the allocation before clearing the mapper
> entries and free the array after removing entries from the list.
> 
> Fixes: e576e7843c0d ("ALSA: ctxfi: Simplify dao_clear_{left,right}_input() functions")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Harin Lee <me@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi