linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: Fix memory leak in module_frob_arch

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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:51:19 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+linux-riscv@...nel.org
To: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@...il.com>
Cc: linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, pjw@...nel.org, palmer@...belt.com,
 aou@...s.berkeley.edu, alex@...ti.fr, samuel.holland@...ive.com,
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 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: Fix memory leak in module_frob_arch_sections()

Hello:

This patch was applied to riscv/linux.git (fixes)
by Paul Walmsley <pjw@...nel.org>:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:19:08 +0800 you wrote:
> The current code directly overwrites the scratch pointer with the
> return value of kvrealloc(). If kvrealloc() fails and returns NULL,
> the original buffer becomes unreachable, causing a memory leak.
> 
> Fix this by using a temporary variable to store kvrealloc()'s return
> value and only update the scratch pointer on success.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - riscv: Fix memory leak in module_frob_arch_sections()
    https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/c42458fcf54b

You are awesome, thank you!
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