[PATCH] riscv: kprobes: free insn slot in arch_remove_kprobe() to avoid memory leak
Xiaofeng Yuan
yuanxiaofeng at eswincomputing.com
Fri Jul 31 03:09:40 PDT 2026
When a kprobe is removed, arch_remove_kprobe() does not free the
instruction slot allocated by arch_prepare_kprobe(). This causes
a memory leak every time a kprobe is unregistered.
Other architectures such as arm64, x86, and powerpc all free
the slot in their arch_remove_kprobe() implementations. Add
the missing free_insn_slot() call for RISC-V.
Signed-off-by: Xiaofeng Yuan <yuanxiaofeng at eswincomputing.com>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
index 9e2afabf94..a76eab2972 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
{
+ if (p->ainsn.api.insn) {
+ free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.api.insn, 0);
+ p->ainsn.api.insn = NULL;
+ }
}
static void __kprobes save_previous_kprobe(struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb)
--
2.43.0
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