[PATCH v2] dmaengine: idxd: fix double free in idxd_alloc() error path

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Mon Apr 13 2026 - 07:31:41 EST


When dev_set_name() fails after device_initialize(), idxd_alloc()
calls put_device(conf_dev).

For these devices, conf_dev->type is set from idxd->data->dev_type,
which resolves to dsa_device_type or iax_device_type, and both use
idxd_conf_device_release() as their release callback. That release
callback frees idxd, idxd->opcap_bmap, and releases idxd->id, but
the current error path then frees those resources again directly,
causing a double free.

The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and
confirmed by manual review.

Keep the cleanup in idxd_conf_device_release() after put_device() and
avoid freeing idxd-managed resources again in idxd_alloc().

Fixes: 46a5cca76c76 ("dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- note that the issue was identified by my static analysis tool
- and confirmed by manual review

drivers/dma/idxd/init.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
index f1bd9812c90d..20505e14ef9f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static struct idxd_device *idxd_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct idxd_driver_d

err_name:
put_device(conf_dev);
- bitmap_free(idxd->opcap_bmap);
+ return NULL;
err_opcap:
ida_free(&idxd_ida, idxd->id);
err_ida:
--
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