linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen/scsiback: fix potential memory leak in scsiback

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Message-ID: <176818774316.2142396.1807300605417048424.b4-ty@oracle.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:15:52 -0500
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: jgross@...e.com, Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@....iitm.ac.in>
Cc: "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, sstabellini@...nel.org,
        oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/scsiback: fix potential memory leak in scsiback_remove()

On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:00:11 +0530, Abdun Nihaal wrote:

> Memory allocated for struct vscsiblk_info in scsiback_probe() is not
> freed in scsiback_remove() leading to potential memory leaks on remove,
> as well as in the scsiback_probe() error paths. Fix that by freeing it
> in scsiback_remove().
> 
> 

Applied to 6.19/scsi-fixes, thanks!

[1/1] xen/scsiback: fix potential memory leak in scsiback_remove()
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/901a5f309dab

-- 
Martin K. Petersen