linux-kernel - [PATCH] btrfs: fix memory leaks in create_space

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Message-Id: <20260111192037.20932-1-jiashengjiangcool@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:20:37 +0000
From: Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool@...il.com>
To: Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>,
	Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@...cle.com>,
	Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@...e.com>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] btrfs: fix memory leaks in create_space_info error paths

In create_space_info(), the 'space_info' object is allocated at the
beginning of the function. However, there are two error paths where the
function returns an error code without freeing the allocated memory:

1. When create_space_info_sub_group() fails in zoned mode.
2. When btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type() fails.

In both cases, 'space_info' has not yet been added to the
fs_info->space_info list, resulting in a memory leak. Fix this by
adding an error handling label to kfree(space_info) before returning.

Fixes: 2be12ef79fe9 ("btrfs: Separate space_info create/update")
Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool@...il.com>
---
 fs/btrfs/space-info.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 6babbe333741..3f08e450f796 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -306,18 +306,22 @@ static int create_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 flags)
 							  0);
 
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto out_free;
 	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type(space_info);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	list_add(&space_info->list, &info->space_info);
 	if (flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA)
 		info->data_sinfo = space_info;
 
 	return ret;
+
+out_free:
+	kfree(space_info);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int btrfs_init_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
-- 
2.25.1