From: Jyoti Gupta <jyoti@linux.ibm.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
Christophe Leroy <chleroy@kernel.org>,
Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>,
Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>,
Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya <mkchauras@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] powerpc/mpic: Fix memory leak of mpic on error paths
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 12:29:45 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261006065945.391637-1-jyoti@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
mpic_alloc() allocates struct mpic (and optionally the protected
sources bitmap) but does not free them when mpic_setup_error_int() or
irq_domain_create_linear() fails, leaking the memory.
Free the bitmap and the mpic in the common error path before
dropping the device node reference.
Fixes: 996983b75ceb ("powerpc/mpic: Search for open-pic device-tree node if NULL")
Signed-off-by: Jyoti Gupta <jyoti@linux.ibm.com>
---
Changelog
===========
v2->v3:
+ Introduce 'err_free_mpic' unwind label to cleanly free mpic and mpic->protected
+ Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260930180919.335930-1-jyoti@linux.ibm.com/
---
---
arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
index 257886ec3f70..d799cf4da7bd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
if (fsl_version >= 0x401) {
ret = mpic_setup_error_int(mpic, intvec_top - 13);
if (ret)
- return NULL;
+ goto err_free_mpic;
}
}
@@ -1488,12 +1488,8 @@ struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
intvec_top,
&mpic_host_ops, mpic);
- /*
- * FIXME: The code leaks the MPIC object and mappings here; this
- * is very unlikely to fail but it ought to be fixed anyways.
- */
if (mpic->irqhost == NULL)
- return NULL;
+ goto err_free_mpic;
/* Display version */
switch (greg_feature & MPIC_GREG_FEATURE_VERSION_MASK) {
@@ -1526,6 +1522,9 @@ struct mpic * __init mpic_alloc(struct device_node *node,
return mpic;
+err_free_mpic:
+ bitmap_free(mpic->protected);
+ kfree(mpic);
err_of_node_put:
of_node_put(node);
return NULL;
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-06 6:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-06 6:59 Jyoti Gupta [this message]
2026-10-06 8:06 ` [PATCH v3] powerpc/mpic: Fix memory leak of mpic on error paths Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya
2026-10-06 8:08 ` Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-06 14:29 ` Ritesh Harjani
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