From: Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@atmark-techno.com>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@huawei.com>,
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@atmark-techno.com>,
Liyuan Pang <pangliyuan1@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6.12.y 2/2] ubi: fastmap: fix ubi->fm memory leak
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 02:09:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818-ubi-backports-v1-2-324d6816d2ae@atmark-techno.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260818-ubi-backports-v1-0-324d6816d2ae@atmark-techno.com>
From: Liyuan Pang <pangliyuan1@huawei.com>
The problem is that scan_fast() allocate memory for ubi->fm
and ubi->fm->e[x], but if the following attach process fails
in ubi_wl_init or ubi_read_volume_table, the whole attach
process will fail without executing ubi_wl_close to free the
memory under ubi->fm.
Fix this by add a new ubi_free_fastmap function in fastmap.c
to free the memory allocated for fm.
If SLUB_DEBUG and KUNIT are enabled, the following warning messages
will show:
ubi0: detaching mtd0
ubi0: mtd0 is detached
ubi0: default fastmap pool size: 200
ubi0: default fastmap WL pool size: 100
ubi0: attaching mtd0
ubi0: attached by fastmap
ubi0: fastmap pool size: 200
ubi0: fastmap WL pool size: 100
ubi0 error: ubi_wl_init [ubi]: no enough physical eraseblocks (4, need 203)
ubi0 error: ubi_attach_mtd_dev [ubi]: failed to attach mtd0, error -28
UBI error: cannot attach mtd0
=================================================================
BUG ubi_wl_entry_slab (Tainted: G B O L ): Objects remaining in ubi_wl_entry_slab on __kmem_cache_shutdown()
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slab 0xffff2fd23a40cd00 objects=22 used=1 fp=0xffff2fd1d0334fd8 flags=0x883fffc010200(slab|head|section=34|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7fff)
CPU: 0 PID: 5884 Comm: insmod Tainted: G B O L 5.10.0 #1
Hardware name: LS1043A RDB Board (DT)
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x198
show_stack+0x18/0x28
dump_stack+0xe8/0x15c
slab_err+0x94/0xc0
__kmem_cache_shutdown+0x1fc/0x39c
kmem_cache_destroy+0x48/0x138
ubi_init+0x1d4/0xf34 [ubi]
do_one_initcall+0xb4/0x24c
do_init_module+0x4c/0x1dc
load_module+0x212c/0x2260
__se_sys_finit_module+0xb4/0xd8
__arm64_sys_finit_module+0x18/0x28
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x78/0x1a0
do_el0_svc+0x78/0x90
el0_svc+0x20/0x38
el0_sync_handler+0xf0/0x140
normal+0x3d8/0x400
Object 0xffff2fd1d0334e68 @offset=3688
Allocated in ubi_scan_fastmap+0xf04/0xf40 [ubi] age=80 cpu=0 pid=5884
__slab_alloc.isra.21+0x6c/0xb4
kmem_cache_alloc+0x1e4/0x80c
ubi_scan_fastmap+0xf04/0xf40 [ubi]
ubi_attach+0x1f0/0x3a8 [ubi]
ubi_attach_mtd_dev+0x810/0xbc8 [ubi]
ubi_init+0x238/0xf34 [ubi]
do_one_initcall+0xb4/0x24c
do_init_module+0x4c/0x1dc
load_module+0x212c/0x2260
__se_sys_finit_module+0xb4/0xd8
__arm64_sys_finit_module+0x18/0x28
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x78/0x1a0
do_el0_svc+0x78/0x90
el0_svc+0x20/0x38
el0_sync_handler+0xf0/0x140
normal+0x3d8/0x400
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220744
Signed-off-by: Liyuan Pang <pangliyuan1@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
(cherry picked from commit d133e30aabc7c8eb8206827f8fbe0f3679adb911)
Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@atmark-techno.com>
---
drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c | 4 +++-
drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c | 8 +-------
drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h | 12 ++++++++++++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
index adc47b87b38a..884171871d0e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ int ubi_attach(struct ubi_device *ubi, int force_scan)
err = ubi_read_volume_table(ubi, ai);
if (err)
- goto out_ai;
+ goto out_fm;
err = ubi_wl_init(ubi, ai);
if (err)
@@ -1642,6 +1642,8 @@ int ubi_attach(struct ubi_device *ubi, int force_scan)
out_vtbl:
ubi_free_all_volumes(ubi);
vfree(ubi->vtbl);
+out_fm:
+ ubi_free_fastmap(ubi);
out_ai:
destroy_ai(ai);
return err;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
index 9bdb6525f128..e2bc1122bfd3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c
@@ -530,8 +530,6 @@ int ubi_is_erase_work(struct ubi_work *wrk)
static void ubi_fastmap_close(struct ubi_device *ubi)
{
- int i;
-
return_unused_pool_pebs(ubi, &ubi->fm_pool);
return_unused_pool_pebs(ubi, &ubi->fm_wl_pool);
@@ -540,11 +538,7 @@ static void ubi_fastmap_close(struct ubi_device *ubi)
ubi->fm_anchor = NULL;
}
- if (ubi->fm) {
- for (i = 0; i < ubi->fm->used_blocks; i++)
- kfree(ubi->fm->e[i]);
- }
- kfree(ubi->fm);
+ ubi_free_fastmap(ubi);
}
/**
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
index 1c9e874e8ede..450a7b9a5bd7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
@@ -970,10 +970,22 @@ int ubi_scan_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_attach_info *ai,
struct ubi_attach_info *scan_ai);
int ubi_fastmap_init_checkmap(struct ubi_volume *vol, int leb_count);
void ubi_fastmap_destroy_checkmap(struct ubi_volume *vol);
+static inline void ubi_free_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi)
+{
+ if (ubi->fm) {
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ubi->fm->used_blocks; i++)
+ kmem_cache_free(ubi_wl_entry_slab, ubi->fm->e[i]);
+ kfree(ubi->fm);
+ ubi->fm = NULL;
+ }
+}
#else
static inline int ubi_update_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi) { return 0; }
static inline int ubi_fastmap_init_checkmap(struct ubi_volume *vol, int leb_count) { return 0; }
static inline void ubi_fastmap_destroy_checkmap(struct ubi_volume *vol) {}
+static inline void ubi_free_fastmap(struct ubi_device *ubi) { }
#endif
/* block.c */
--
2.55.0.dirty
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-18 2:09 [PATCH 0/2] Backport fixes for UBI Dominique Martinet
2026-08-18 2:09 ` [PATCH v6.12.y 1/2] mtd: ubi: skip programming unused bits in ubi headers Dominique Martinet
2026-08-18 4:46 ` Zhihao Cheng
2026-08-18 2:09 ` Dominique Martinet [this message]
2026-08-18 4:47 ` [PATCH v6.12.y 2/2] ubi: fastmap: fix ubi->fm memory leak Zhihao Cheng
2026-08-19 3:32 ` [PATCH 0/2] Backport fixes for UBI Sasha Levin
2026-08-19 10:48 ` Richard Weinberger
2026-08-20 0:57 ` Dominique Martinet
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