linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Adjust logging of firmware messages in case of released token in __hwrm

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Message-ID: <7a8d76c0-e1ee-4ded-af41-3f1e3aa85530@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 13:02:38 +0200
From: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>
To: Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@...rgos.ru>, Edwin Peer
	<edwin.peer@...adcom.com>
CC: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>, "David S. Miller"
	<davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski
	<kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <lvc-project@...uxtesting.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Adjust logging of firmware messages in case
 of released token in __hwrm_send()



On 07.06.2024 09:06, Aleksandr Mishin wrote:
> In case of token is released due to token->state == BNXT_HWRM_DEFERRED,
> released token (set to NULL) is used in log messages. This issue is
> expected to be prevented by HWRM_ERR_CODE_PF_UNAVAILABLE error code. But
> this error code is returned by recent firmware. So some firmware may not
> return it. This may lead to NULL pointer dereference.
> Adjust this issue by adding token pointer check.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 8fa4219dba8e ("bnxt_en: add dynamic debug support for HWRM messages")
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@...rgos.ru>
> ---

Thanks!
Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>

>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
> index 1df3d56cc4b5..14585ac476c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
> @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static int __hwrm_send(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_hwrm_ctx *ctx)
>  	if (rc == HWRM_ERR_CODE_BUSY && !(ctx->flags & BNXT_HWRM_CTX_SILENT))
>  		netdev_warn(bp->dev, "FW returned busy, hwrm req_type 0x%x\n",
>  			    req_type);
> -	else if (rc && rc != HWRM_ERR_CODE_PF_UNAVAILABLE)
> +	else if (rc && token && rc != HWRM_ERR_CODE_PF_UNAVAILABLE)
>  		hwrm_err(bp, ctx, "hwrm req_type 0x%x seq id 0x%x error 0x%x\n",
>  			 req_type, token->seq_id, rc);
>  	rc = __hwrm_to_stderr(rc);