[PATCH] remoteproc: qcom: Fix leak when custom dump_segments addition fails

From: Wasim Nazir

Date: Mon Mar 16 2026 - 08:29:00 EST


Free allocated minidump_region 'name' in qcom_add_minidump_segments()
when failing before adding the region to 'dump_segments'. Otherwise,
the 'name' is not tracked and is never freed by qcom_minidump_cleanup().

Return error when adding to 'dump_segments' fails.

Signed-off-by: Wasim Nazir <wasim.nazir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/remoteproc/qcom_common.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_common.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_common.c
index 6c31140268ac..aa93d3324561 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_common.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_common.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static int qcom_add_minidump_segments(struct rproc *rproc, struct minidump_subsy
struct minidump_region __iomem *ptr;
struct minidump_region region;
int seg_cnt, i;
+ int ret = 0;
dma_addr_t da;
size_t size;
char *name;
@@ -130,17 +131,22 @@ static int qcom_add_minidump_segments(struct rproc *rproc, struct minidump_subsy
if (le32_to_cpu(region.valid) == MINIDUMP_REGION_VALID) {
name = kstrndup(region.name, MAX_REGION_NAME_LENGTH - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!name) {
- iounmap(ptr);
- return -ENOMEM;
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ break;
}
da = le64_to_cpu(region.address);
size = le64_to_cpu(region.size);
- rproc_coredump_add_custom_segment(rproc, da, size, rproc_dumpfn_t, name);
+ ret = rproc_coredump_add_custom_segment(rproc, da, size, rproc_dumpfn_t,
+ name);
+ if (ret) {
+ kfree(name);
+ break;
+ }
}
}

iounmap(ptr);
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}

void qcom_minidump(struct rproc *rproc, unsigned int minidump_id,

---
base-commit: b84a0ebe421ca56995ff78b66307667b62b3a900
change-id: 20260316-rproc-memleak-367ef8e1a64b

Best regards,
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Wasim Nazir <wasim.nazir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>