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RDMA/mlx5: Fix memory leak in GET_DATA_DIRECT_SYSFS_PATH handler
authorZilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:48:01 +0000 (07:48 +0000)
committerLeon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:04:18 +0000 (07:04 -0500)
commit9b9d253908478f504297ac283c514e5953ddafa6
tree8b96c6c57d451b6b1aa2ab3bc8aa490a883954fe
parent1956f0a74ccf5dc9c3ef717f2985c3ed3400aab0
RDMA/mlx5: Fix memory leak in GET_DATA_DIRECT_SYSFS_PATH handler

The UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_GET_DATA_DIRECT_SYSFS_PATH) function
allocates memory for the device path using kobject_get_path(). If the
length of the device path exceeds the output buffer length, the function
returns -ENOSPC but does not free the allocated memory, resulting in a
memory leak.

Add a kfree() call to the error path to ensure the allocated memory is
properly freed.

Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool
and code review.

Fixes: ec7ad6530909 ("RDMA/mlx5: Introduce GET_DATA_DIRECT_SYSFS_PATH ioctl")
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260126074801.627898-1-zilin@seu.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/std_types.c