[PATCH v7 05/15] LoongArch: kexec_file: Fix CMA page leaks in segment placement retry loops

Jinjie Ruan ruanjinjie at huawei.com
Mon Oct 26 00:51:51 PDT 2026


The retry loop drops nr_segments, leaking the CMA pages of the failed
segments.  Release them first, and disable CMA for the retry: it
ignores buf_min and would hand out the same region forever.

Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai at kernel.org>
Cc: WANG Xuerui <kernel at xen0n.name>
Cc: Youling Tang <tangyouling at kylinos.cn>
Cc: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt at kernel.org>
Cc: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees at kernel.org>
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260729031235.2840255-1-ruanjinjie%40huawei.com
Fixes: 55d990f0084c ("LoongArch: Add EFI binary support for kexec_file")
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com>
---
 arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c          | 8 ++++++++
 arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
index 5ee78ebb1546..d42711b895a2 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/kexec_efi.c
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ static void *efi_kexec_load(struct kimage *image,
 		 * We couldn't find space for the other segments; erase the
 		 * kernel segment and try the next available hole.
 		 */
+		/*
+		 * kexec_alloc_contig() ignores buf_min, so disable CMA to
+		 * let the retry make progress.
+		 */
+		if (image->segment_cma[kernel_segment_number])
+			image->no_cma = true;
+
+		kexec_free_segment_cma(image, kernel_segment_number);
 		image->nr_segments -= 1;
 		kbuf.buf_min = kernel_segment->mem + kernel_segment->memsz;
 		kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 5412aa9f3568..62a5be102065 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -217,7 +217,11 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
 	return 0;
 
 out_err:
-	image->nr_segments = orig_segments;
+	while (image->nr_segments > orig_segments) {
+		kexec_free_segment_cma(image, image->nr_segments - 1);
+		image->nr_segments--;
+	}
+
 	kfree(modified_cmdline);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.34.1




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