This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
cxl/region: Fix cxlr_pmem leaks
to the 6.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
cxl-region-fix-cxlr_pmem-leaks.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 79be1ef9b03ea879d17e9503c5c9ca3a8768801d
Author: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Apr 28 11:07:48 2024 +0800
cxl/region: Fix cxlr_pmem leaks
[ Upstream commit 1c987cf22d6b65ade46145c03eef13f0e3e81d83 ]
Before this error path, cxlr_pmem pointed to a kzalloc() memory, free
it to avoid this memory leaking.
Fixes: f17b558d6663 ("cxl/pmem: Refactor nvdimm device registration, delete the workqueue")
Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240428030748.318985-1-lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
index 4c7fd2d5cccb2..2aaff86869b7e 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
@@ -2550,6 +2550,7 @@ static struct cxl_pmem_region *cxl_pmem_region_alloc(struct cxl_region *cxlr)
if (i == 0) {
cxl_nvb = cxl_find_nvdimm_bridge(cxlmd);
if (!cxl_nvb) {
+ kfree(cxlr_pmem);
cxlr_pmem = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
goto out;
}
