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
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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]>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>
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