Re: [PATCH] net: fs_enet: fix platform info memory leak on remove
Simon Horman <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable,org.ozlabs.lists.linuxppc-dev |
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On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 11:14:14AM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> fs_enet_probe() allocates the platform information structure with
> kzalloc_obj() and stores it in fep->fpi.
>
> The probe failure paths release this allocation with kfree(). However,
> after a successful probe, fs_enet_remove() tears down the network
> device without freeing fep->fpi, leaving the platform information
> structure allocated after driver removal.
>
> Free fep->fpi before releasing the network device.
>
> This issue was found by manual code inspection.
>
> Fixes: 976de6a8c304 ("fs_enet: Be an of_platform device when CONFIG_PPC_CPM_NEW_BINDING is set.")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
> index d3c772ed5fc9..071e3f3de78c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
> @@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ static void fs_enet_remove(struct platform_device *ofdev)
> fep->ops->cleanup_data(ndev);
> dev_set_drvdata(fep->dev, NULL);
> phylink_destroy(fep->phylink);
> + kfree(fep->fpi);
> free_netdev(ndev);
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>