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Message-ID: <18fac281.ae29.18c1535e9b4.Coremail.dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:15:03 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
From: dinghao.liu@....edu.cn
To: "Tariq Toukan" <ttoukan.linux@...il.com>
Cc: "Saeed Mahameed" <saeedm@...dia.com>,
"Leon Romanovsky" <leon@...nel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
"Zhengchao Shao" <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>,
"Rahul Rameshbabu" <rrameshbabu@...dia.com>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@...nel.org>,
"Tariq Toukan" <tariqt@...dia.com>, "Aya Levin" <ayal@...dia.com>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in
fs_any_create_groups
>
> On 28/11/2023 10:28, Dinghao Liu wrote:
> > When kcalloc() for ft->g succeeds but kvzalloc() for in fails,
> > fs_any_create_groups() will free ft->g. However, its caller
> > fs_any_create_table() will free ft->g again through calling
> > mlx5e_destroy_flow_table(), which will lead to a double-free.
> > Fix this by removing the kfree(ft->g) in fs_any_create_groups().
> >
> > Fixes: 0f575c20bf06 ("net/mlx5e: Introduce Flow Steering ANY API")
> > Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c | 1 -
> > 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
> > index be83ad9db82a..b222d23bfb9a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
> > @@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ static int fs_any_create_groups(struct mlx5e_flow_table *ft)
> > ft->g = kcalloc(MLX5E_FS_UDP_NUM_GROUPS, sizeof(*ft->g), GFP_KERNEL);
> > in = kvzalloc(inlen, GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!in || !ft->g) {
> > - kfree(ft->g);
> > kvfree(in);
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > }
>
> Function fs_any_create_groups should not return failure without cleaning
> itself up. This is not the right fix.
> Freeing ft->g and setting it to NULL will do it, and will avoid the
> double free.
Thanks for your advice! I will resend a new patch soon.
Regards,
Dinghao
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