* [PATCH] dmaengine: fsl-dpaa2-qdma: fix ppriv memory leaks
@ 2026-09-13 4:50 Guangshuo Li
2026-09-13 5:02 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Guangshuo Li @ 2026-09-13 4:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vinod Koul, Frank Li, Kees Cook, Guangshuo Li, Peng Ma, dmaengine,
linux-kernel
Cc: stable
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@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
---
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
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2026-09-13 4:50 [PATCH] dmaengine: fsl-dpaa2-qdma: fix ppriv memory leaks Guangshuo Li
@ 2026-09-13 5:02 ` sashiko-bot
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: sashiko-bot @ 2026-09-13 5:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Guangshuo Li; +Cc: Frank.Li, dmaengine, vkoul
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 4 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Double free of DMA pools (`fd_pool`, `fl_pool`, `sdd_pool`) during driver removal if channels were previously used.
- [High] Incorrect teardown sequence in `dpaa2_qdma_remove()` destroys hardware state and channel resources before unregistering the DMA device.
- [High] Missing `tasklet_kill()` leads to Use-After-Free on the tasklet structures during driver removal.
- [High] Race condition in `dpaa2_qdma_remove()` leading to Use-After-Free in concurrent DPIO notifications.
--
commit 7bbc2b15c0a3c76af93c56c1e6c4036a65094cf2
Author: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
dmaengine: fsl-dpaa2-qdma: fix ppriv memory leaks
dpaa2_qdma_setup() allocates priv->ppriv separately from priv, but the
allocation is not released on all teardown paths. This commit frees
priv->ppriv on setup failures and during driver removal.
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c b/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
> index bf771251264d9..0f0fe0291a06f 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -787,6 +790,7 @@ static void dpaa2_qdma_remove(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but is there a risk of a use-after-free
in the DPIO hardware notification callback during unbind?
Earlier in dpaa2_qdma_remove(), the DPIO store memory is freed:
dpaa2_dpmai_store_free(priv);
dpaa2_dpdmai_dpio_free(priv);
If a hardware notification triggers dpaa2_qdma_fqdan_cb() concurrently
between these two calls, it will heavily access the freed ppriv->store
memory. Should the DPIO service be deregistered before the memory it
depends on is destroyed?
> dpaa2_dpdmai_free_channels(dpaa2_qdma);
[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but is it possible for
dpaa2_dpdmai_free_channels() to cause a double free of the DMA pools here?
When a client releases a DMA channel, dpaa2_qdma_free_chan_resources()
destroys the pools but leaves the pointers intact:
drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c:dpaa2_qdma_free_chan_resources() {
...
dma_pool_destroy(dpaa2_chan->fd_pool);
dma_pool_destroy(dpaa2_chan->fl_pool);
dma_pool_destroy(dpaa2_chan->sdd_pool);
...
}
If the driver is later unbound, dpaa2_qdma_remove() unconditionally calls
dpaa2_dpdmai_free_channels(), which iterates over the channels and calls
dma_pool_destroy() on these same pointers again. Could this lead to a
panic or memory corruption in the SLUB allocator?
>
> dma_async_device_unregister(&dpaa2_qdma->dma_dev);
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this teardown sequence destroy
hardware state and channel resources while the device is still exposed to
clients?
Because dma_async_device_unregister() is called after
dpaa2_dpdmai_free_channels(), the DMA device is still registered with the
DMA core during hardware teardown. Couldn't concurrent clients still submit
operations or request channels, attempting to access already-destroyed pools
or freed portals?
> + kfree(priv->ppriv);
> kfree(priv);
> kfree(dpaa2_qdma);
[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but does freeing dpaa2_qdma
here cause a use-after-free for pending tasklets?
The driver initializes a tasklet for each channel during setup:
drivers/dma/fsl-dpaa2-qdma/dpaa2-qdma.c:dpaa2_dpdmai_init_channels() {
...
vchan_init(&dpaa2_chan->vchan, &dpaa2_qdma->dma_dev);
...
}
During removal, kfree(dpaa2_qdma) frees the structure containing these
channels and their embedded tasklets, but tasklet_kill() is never called.
If a tasklet is scheduled when the module unbinds, could this lead to a
use-after-free when the pending tasklet executes?
> }
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260913045001.1126563-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com?part=1
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