Re: [PATCH] tee: fix memory leak in tee_dyn_shm_alloc_helper

From: Sumit Garg
Date: Tue Jul 29 2025 - 05:27:58 EST


On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 02:22:41PM +0800, Pei Xiao wrote:
> When shm_register() fails in tee_dyn_shm_alloc_helper(), the pre-allocated
> pages array is not freed, resulting in a memory leak.
>
> Fixes: cf4441503e20 ("tee: optee: Move pool_op helper functions")
> Signed-off-by: Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tee/tee_shm.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Sumit

>
> diff --git a/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c b/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c
> index 915239b033f5..2a7d253d9c55 100644
> --- a/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c
> +++ b/drivers/tee/tee_shm.c
> @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int tee_dyn_shm_alloc_helper(struct tee_shm *shm, size_t size, size_t align,
> pages = kcalloc(nr_pages, sizeof(*pages), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!pages) {
> rc = -ENOMEM;
> - goto err;
> + goto err_pages;
> }
>
> for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
> @@ -243,11 +243,13 @@ int tee_dyn_shm_alloc_helper(struct tee_shm *shm, size_t size, size_t align,
> rc = shm_register(shm->ctx, shm, pages, nr_pages,
> (unsigned long)shm->kaddr);
> if (rc)
> - goto err;
> + goto err_kfree;
> }
>
> return 0;
> -err:
> +err_kfree:
> + kfree(pages);
> +err_pages:
> free_pages_exact(shm->kaddr, shm->size);
> shm->kaddr = NULL;
> return rc;
> --
> 2.25.1
>