linux-kernel - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] idpf: fix aux device unplugging when rdma is not supported by vport

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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 22:41:49 +0000
From: "Singh, Krishneil K" <krishneil.k.singh@...el.com>
To: "Zaremba, Larysa" <larysa.zaremba@...el.com>, "Nguyen, Anthony L"
	<anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org"
	<intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
CC: "Zaremba, Larysa" <larysa.zaremba@...el.com>, "Kitszel, Przemyslaw"
	<przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "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" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Tantilov,
 Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>, "Chittim, Madhu"
	<madhu.chittim@...el.com>, "Hay, Joshua A" <joshua.a.hay@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] idpf: fix aux device unplugging
 when rdma is not supported by vport


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf Of
> Larysa Zaremba
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2025 11:04 PM
> To: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>; intel-wired-
> lan@...ts.osuosl.org
> Cc: Zaremba, Larysa <larysa.zaremba@...el.com>; Kitszel, Przemyslaw
> <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>; Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>;
> 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; Tantilov, Emil S <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>; Chittim,
> Madhu <madhu.chittim@...el.com>; Hay, Joshua A
> <joshua.a.hay@...el.com>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] idpf: fix aux device unplugging when
> rdma is not supported by vport
> 
> If vport flags do not contain VIRTCHNL2_VPORT_ENABLE_RDMA, driver does
> not
> allocate vdev_info for this vport. This leads to kernel NULL pointer
> dereference in idpf_idc_vport_dev_down(), which references vdev_info for
> every vport regardless.
> 
> Check, if vdev_info was ever allocated before unplugging aux device.
> 
> Fixes: be91128c579c ("idpf: implement RDMA vport auxiliary dev create, init,
> and destroy")
> Reviewed-by: Madhu Chittim <madhu.chittim@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_idc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_idc.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_idc.c
> index c1b963f6bfad..4b1037eb2623 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_idc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_idc.c


Tested-by: Krishneil Singh <krishneil.k.singh@...el.com>