If 'vmbus_establish_gpadl()' fails, the (recv|send)_gpadl will not be updated and 'hv_uio_cleanup()' in the error handling path will not be able to free the corresponding buffer. In such a case, we need to free the buffer explicitly. Fixes: cdfa835c6e5e ("uio_hv_generic: defer opening vmbus until first use") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Before commit cdfa835c6e5e, the 'vfree' were done unconditionally in 'hv_uio_cleanup()'. So, another way for fixing the potential leak is to modify 'hv_uio_cleanup()' and revert to the previous behavior. I don't know the underlying reason for this change so I don't know which is the best way to fix this error handling path. Unless there is a specific reason, changing 'hv_uio_cleanup()' could be better because it would keep the error handling path of the probe cleaner, IMHO. --- drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c b/drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c index 0330ba99730e..eebc399f2cc7 100644 --- a/drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c @@ -296,8 +296,10 @@ hv_uio_probe(struct hv_device *dev, ret = vmbus_establish_gpadl(channel, pdata->recv_buf, RECV_BUFFER_SIZE, &pdata->recv_gpadl); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + vfree(pdata->recv_buf); goto fail_close; + } /* put Global Physical Address Label in name */ snprintf(pdata->recv_name, sizeof(pdata->recv_name), @@ -316,8 +318,10 @@ hv_uio_probe(struct hv_device *dev, ret = vmbus_establish_gpadl(channel, pdata->send_buf, SEND_BUFFER_SIZE, &pdata->send_gpadl); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + vfree(pdata->send_buf); goto fail_close; + } snprintf(pdata->send_name, sizeof(pdata->send_name), "send:%u", pdata->send_gpadl); -- 2.30.2