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From: Malaya Kumar Rout <mrout@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mrout@redhat.com, malayarout91@gmail.com,
	Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@kernel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
	Changwoo Min <changwoo@igalia.com>,
	linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] PM: EM: Fix memory leak in em_create_pd() error path
Date: Mon,  5 Jan 2026 16:07:29 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105103730.65626-1-mrout@redhat.com> (raw)

When ida_alloc() fails in em_create_pd(), the function returns without
freeing the previously allocated 'pd' structure, leading to a memory leak.
The 'pd' pointer is allocated either at line 436 (for CPU devices with
cpumask) or line 442 (for other devices) using kzalloc().

Additionally, the function incorrectly returns -ENOMEM when ida_alloc()
fails, ignoring the actual error code returned by ida_alloc(), which can
fail for reasons other than memory exhaustion.

Fix both issues by:
1. Freeing the 'pd' structure with kfree() when ida_alloc() fails
2. Returning the actual error code from ida_alloc() instead of -ENOMEM

This ensures proper cleanup on the error path and accurate error reporting.

Fixes: cbe5aeedecc7 ("PM: EM: Assign a unique ID when creating a performance domain")
Signed-off-by: Malaya Kumar Rout <mrout@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/power/energy_model.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/power/energy_model.c b/kernel/power/energy_model.c
index 11af9f64aa82..5b055cbe5341 100644
--- a/kernel/power/energy_model.c
+++ b/kernel/power/energy_model.c
@@ -449,8 +449,10 @@ static int em_create_pd(struct device *dev, int nr_states,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pd->node);
 
 	id = ida_alloc(&em_pd_ida, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (id < 0)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (id < 0) {
+		kfree(pd);
+		return id;
+	}
 	pd->id = id;
 
 	em_table = em_table_alloc(pd);
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-01-05 10:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-05 10:37 Malaya Kumar Rout [this message]
2026-01-08  5:44 ` Changwoo Min
2026-01-08 15:56   ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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