[PATCH v3] mm/migrate_device: fix pgtable leak in migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page

Sunny Patel posted 1 patch 1 month, 1 week ago
mm/migrate_device.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH v3] mm/migrate_device: fix pgtable leak in migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page
Posted by Sunny Patel 1 month, 1 week ago
When migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page() jumps to unlock_abort due
to a PMD check failure, the pgtable allocated earlier via
pte_alloc_one() is never freed, causing a memory leak.

Added free_abort label to release the pgtable in error path.

Signed-off-by: Sunny Patel <nueralspacetech@gmail.com>
---

Changes in v3:
	- Added free_abort label as suggested to release the pgtable 
	in error path.
	- v2 had the pte_free() call in both error paths, this 
	version has a single goto target for both paths to avoid code duplication.

 mm/migrate_device.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
index fbfe5715f635..0360b410067b 100644
--- a/mm/migrate_device.c
+++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page(struct migrate_vma *migrate,
 	} else {
 		if (folio_is_zone_device(folio) &&
 		    !folio_is_device_coherent(folio)) {
-			goto abort;
+			goto free_abort;
 		}
 		entry = folio_mk_pmd(folio, vma->vm_page_prot);
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
@@ -893,6 +893,8 @@ static int migrate_vma_insert_huge_pmd_page(struct migrate_vma *migrate,
 
 unlock_abort:
 	spin_unlock(ptl);
+free_abort:
+	pte_free(vma->vm_mm, pgtable);
 abort:
 	for (i = 0; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++)
 		src[i] &= ~MIGRATE_PFN_MIGRATE;
-- 
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