[PATCH] iommu/vt-d: fix memory leakage caused by commit ea8ea46

From: Jiang Liu
Date: Tue Apr 08 2014 - 22:20:35 EST


Commit ea8ea46 "iommu/vt-d: Clean up and fix page table clear/free
behaviour" introduces possible leakage of DMA page tables due to:
for (pte = page_address(pg); !first_pte_in_page(pte); pte++) {
if (dma_pte_present(pte) && !dma_pte_superpage(pte))
freelist = dma_pte_list_pagetables(domain, level - 1,
pte, freelist);
}

For the first pte in a page, first_pte_in_page(pte) will always be true,
thus dma_pte_list_pagetables() will never be called and leak DMA page
tables if level is bigger than 1.

Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
index 69fa7da..13dc231 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
@@ -1009,11 +1009,13 @@ static struct page *dma_pte_list_pagetables(struct dmar_domain *domain,
if (level == 1)
return freelist;

- for (pte = page_address(pg); !first_pte_in_page(pte); pte++) {
+ pte = page_address(pg);
+ do {
if (dma_pte_present(pte) && !dma_pte_superpage(pte))
freelist = dma_pte_list_pagetables(domain, level - 1,
pte, freelist);
- }
+ pte++;
+ } while (!first_pte_in_page(pte));

return freelist;
}
--
1.7.10.4

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