Re: [PATCH v2] IB/iwpm: fix memory leaks in error paths

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 09:45:53PM +0800, Wentao Liang wrote:
> In iwpm_register_pid(),iwpm_add_mapping() and
> iwpm_add_and_query_mapping(), when the send operations fail,
> the allocated message buffers are not freed before returning,
> causing memory leaks.
> 
> Fix this by adding proper error handling with goto labels to
> ensure kfree() is called on all error paths in both functions.
> Fixes: 30dc5e63d6a5 ("RDMA/core: Add support for iWARP Port Mapper user space service")
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
> index 4625abd29ac0..bac3d1f321ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int iwpm_register_pid(struct iwpm_dev_data *pm_msg, u8 nl_client)
>  	pr_info("%s: %s (client = %u)\n", __func__, err_str, nl_client);
>  	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
>  	if (nlmsg_request)
> -		iwpm_free_nlmsg_request(&nlmsg_request->kref);
> +		kref_put(&nlmsg_request->kref, iwpm_free_nlmsg_request);
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int iwpm_add_mapping(struct iwpm_sa_data *pm_msg, u8 nl_client)
>  add_mapping_error_nowarn:
>  	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
>  	if (nlmsg_request)
> -		iwpm_free_nlmsg_request(&nlmsg_request->kref);
> +		kref_put(&nlmsg_request->kref, iwpm_free_nlmsg_request);

We already discussed this change.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20260608183438.GA95325@nvidia.com/

Thanks

>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int iwpm_add_and_query_mapping(struct iwpm_sa_data *pm_msg, u8 nl_client)
>  query_mapping_error_nowarn:
>  	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
>  	if (nlmsg_request)
> -		iwpm_free_nlmsg_request(&nlmsg_request->kref);
> +		kref_put(&nlmsg_request->kref, iwpm_free_nlmsg_request);
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
>