From: Chen Pei <cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
To: alison.schofield@intel.com, nvdimm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, guoren@kernel.org,
Chen Pei <cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [ndctl PATCH 1/2] daxctl: fix kmod reference leak on probe-insert failure
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 14:32:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514063234.86439-2-cp0613@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260514063234.86439-1-cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
daxctl_insert_kmod_for_mode() obtains a kmod reference via
kmod_module_new_from_name() and only stores it in dev->module after a
successful kmod_module_probe_insert_module() call. On the failure path
the local reference was returned without being released, leaking one
reference per failed enable attempt.
Drop the reference before returning the error code.
Signed-off-by: Chen Pei <cp0613@linux.alibaba.com>
---
daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c b/daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c
index 02ae7e5..ffc81eb 100644
--- a/daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c
+++ b/daxctl/lib/libdaxctl.c
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ static int daxctl_insert_kmod_for_mode(struct daxctl_dev *dev,
NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
if (rc < 0) {
err(ctx, "%s: insert failure: %d\n", devname, rc);
+ kmod_module_unref(kmod);
return rc;
}
dev->module = kmod;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-14 6:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-14 6:32 [ndctl PATCH 0/2] daxctl, util/sysfs: fix builtin-driver false failure on enable Chen Pei
2026-05-14 6:32 ` Chen Pei [this message]
2026-05-14 6:32 ` [ndctl PATCH 2/2] daxctl, util/sysfs: skip module probe-insert when driver is builtin or live Chen Pei
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