From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Cong Nguyen <congnt264@gmail.com>
Cc: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@gefanuc.com>,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: vme_user: fix flush_image leak in tsi148 bridge
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:16:23 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026081359-gloss-brownnose-9846@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813121057.2590433-1-congnt264@gmail.com>
On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 07:10:57PM +0700, Cong Nguyen wrote:
> When error checking is enabled (err_chk=1), tsi148_probe() allocates an
> extra master window resource, tsi148_device->flush_image, which is used
> to flush posted writes by reading back over the VME bus. Unlike the
> regular master windows, this resource is not linked into
> tsi148_bridge->master_resources.
>
> Because it is not on any resource list, it is freed neither by the probe
> error path (which only walks the master_resources list) nor by
> tsi148_remove(), so it is leaked whenever err_chk is set and either
> probe fails after the allocation or the device is unbound / the module
> is unloaded.
>
> Free flush_image in both the probe error path and tsi148_remove(). This
> is safe when err_chk is disabled: tsi148_device is allocated with
> kzalloc() so flush_image is NULL and kfree(NULL) is a no-op.
>
> Fixes: d22b8ed9a3b0 ("Staging: vme: add Tundra TSI148 VME-PCI Bridge driver")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4
> Signed-off-by: Cong Nguyen <congnt264@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Add Assisted-by: tag (Greg Kroah-Hartman). No code changes.
You have read this:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/2026080354-skater-urgent-31b2@gregkh/T/#u
right?
If not, please do so.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-13 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 12:10 [PATCH v2] staging: vme_user: fix flush_image leak in tsi148 bridge Cong Nguyen
2026-08-13 12:16 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-08-13 12:54 ` Nguyễn Công
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