In setup_nic_devices(), the initialization loop jumps to the label
setup_nic_dev_free on failure. The current cleanup loop while(i--)
skip the failing index i, causing a memory leak.

Fix this by changing the loop to iterate from the current index i
down to 0.

Compile tested only. Issue found using code review.

Fixes: 846b46873eeb ("liquidio CN23XX: VF offload features")
Suggested-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index e02942dbbcce..050f9feb0b4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -2212,10 +2212,11 @@ static int setup_nic_devices(struct octeon_device *octeon_dev)
 
 setup_nic_dev_free:
 
-	while (i--) {
+	while (i >= 0) {
 		dev_err(&octeon_dev->pci_dev->dev,
 			"NIC ifidx:%d Setup failed\n", i);
 		liquidio_destroy_nic_device(octeon_dev, i);
+		i--;
 	}
 
 setup_nic_dev_done:
-- 
2.34.1

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:12:40 +0000
Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn> wrote:

> In setup_nic_devices(), the initialization loop jumps to the label
> setup_nic_dev_free on failure. The current cleanup loop while(i--)
> skip the failing index i, causing a memory leak.
> 
> Fix this by changing the loop to iterate from the current index i
> down to 0.
> 
> Compile tested only. Issue found using code review.

Reviewed-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>

Thank you!
-- 
Köry Maincent, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com