netdev - [PATCH net 1/4] ixgbe: fix memory leaks in the ixgbe_recovery

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Message-ID: <20260127223047.3979404-2-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:30:42 -0800
From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
To: davem@...emloft.net,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Kohei Enju <enjuk@...zon.com>,
	anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
	przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com,
	jacob.e.keller@...el.com,
	jedrzej.jagielski@...el.com,
	horms@...nel.org,
	kohei@...uk.org
Subject: [PATCH net 1/4] ixgbe: fix memory leaks in the ixgbe_recovery_probe() path

From: Kohei Enju <enjuk@...zon.com>

When ixgbe_recovery_probe() is invoked and this function fails,
allocated resources in advance are not completely freed, because
ixgbe_probe() returns ixgbe_recovery_probe() directly and
ixgbe_recovery_probe() only frees partial resources, resulting in memory
leaks including:
- adapter->io_addr
- adapter->jump_tables[0]
- adapter->mac_table
- adapter->rss_key
- adapter->af_xdp_zc_qps

The leaked MMIO region can be observed in /proc/vmallocinfo, and the
remaining leaks are reported by kmemleak.

Don't return ixgbe_recovery_probe() directly, and instead let
ixgbe_probe() to clean up resources on failures.

Fixes: 29cb3b8d95c7 ("ixgbe: add E610 implementation of FW recovery mode")
Signed-off-by: Kohei Enju <enjuk@...zon.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 20 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 034618e79169..a69b5a8a91cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -11468,14 +11468,12 @@ static void ixgbe_set_fw_version(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
  */
 static int ixgbe_recovery_probe(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
-	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
-	bool disable_dev;
 	int err = -EIO;
 
 	if (hw->mac.type != ixgbe_mac_e610)
-		goto clean_up_probe;
+		return err;
 
 	ixgbe_get_hw_control(adapter);
 	mutex_init(&hw->aci.lock);
@@ -11507,13 +11505,6 @@ static int ixgbe_recovery_probe(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 shutdown_aci:
 	mutex_destroy(&adapter->hw.aci.lock);
 	ixgbe_release_hw_control(adapter);
-clean_up_probe:
-	disable_dev = !test_and_set_bit(__IXGBE_DISABLED, &adapter->state);
-	free_netdev(netdev);
-	devlink_free(adapter->devlink);
-	pci_release_mem_regions(pdev);
-	if (disable_dev)
-		pci_disable_device(pdev);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -11655,8 +11646,13 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_sw_init;
 
-	if (ixgbe_check_fw_error(adapter))
-		return ixgbe_recovery_probe(adapter);
+	if (ixgbe_check_fw_error(adapter)) {
+		err = ixgbe_recovery_probe(adapter);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_sw_init;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (adapter->hw.mac.type == ixgbe_mac_e610) {
 		err = ixgbe_get_caps(&adapter->hw);
-- 
2.47.1