linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] idpf: skip deallocating txq group's txqs if it is NULL.

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Message-ID: <20260112230944.3085309-3-boolli@google.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:09:44 +0000
From: Li Li <boolli@...gle.com>
To: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, 
	Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	David Decotigny <decot@...gle.com>, Anjali Singhai <anjali.singhai@...el.com>, 
	Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>, Brian Vazquez <brianvv@...gle.com>, 
	Li Li <boolli@...gle.com>, emil.s.tantilov@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] idpf: skip deallocating txq group's txqs if it is NULL.

In idpf_txq_group_alloc(), if any txq group's txqs failed to
allocate memory:

	for (j = 0; j < tx_qgrp->num_txq; j++) {
		tx_qgrp->txqs[j] = kzalloc(sizeof(*tx_qgrp->txqs[j]),
					   GFP_KERNEL);
		if (!tx_qgrp->txqs[j])
			goto err_alloc;
	}

It would cause a NULL ptr kernel panic in idpf_txq_group_rel():

	for (j = 0; j < txq_grp->num_txq; j++) {
		if (flow_sch_en) {
			kfree(txq_grp->txqs[j]->refillq);
			txq_grp->txqs[j]->refillq = NULL;
		}

		kfree(txq_grp->txqs[j]);
		txq_grp->txqs[j] = NULL;
	}

[    6.532461] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058
...
[    6.534433] RIP: 0010:idpf_txq_group_rel+0xc9/0x110
...
[    6.538513] Call Trace:
[    6.538639]  <TASK>
[    6.538760]  idpf_vport_queues_alloc+0x75/0x550
[    6.538978]  idpf_vport_open+0x4d/0x3f0
[    6.539164]  idpf_open+0x71/0xb0
[    6.539324]  __dev_open+0x142/0x260
[    6.539506]  netif_open+0x2f/0xe0
[    6.539670]  dev_open+0x3d/0x70
[    6.539827]  bond_enslave+0x5ed/0xf50
[    6.540005]  ? rcutree_enqueue+0x1f/0xb0
[    6.540193]  ? call_rcu+0xde/0x2a0
[    6.540375]  ? barn_get_empty_sheaf+0x5c/0x80
[    6.540594]  ? __kfree_rcu_sheaf+0xb6/0x1a0
[    6.540793]  ? nla_put_ifalias+0x3d/0x90
[    6.540981]  ? kvfree_call_rcu+0xb5/0x3b0
[    6.541173]  ? kvfree_call_rcu+0xb5/0x3b0
[    6.541365]  do_set_master+0x114/0x160
[    6.541547]  do_setlink+0x412/0xfb0
[    6.541717]  ? security_sock_rcv_skb+0x2a/0x50
[    6.541931]  ? sk_filter_trim_cap+0x7c/0x320
[    6.542136]  ? skb_queue_tail+0x20/0x50
[    6.542322]  ? __nla_validate_parse+0x92/0xe50
ro[o t   t o6 .d5e4f2a5u4l0t]-  ? security_capable+0x35/0x60
[    6.542792]  rtnl_newlink+0x95c/0xa00
[    6.542972]  ? __rtnl_unlock+0x37/0x70
[    6.543152]  ? netdev_run_todo+0x63/0x530
[    6.543343]  ? allocate_slab+0x280/0x870
[    6.543531]  ? security_capable+0x35/0x60
[    6.543722]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x2e6/0x340
[    6.543918]  ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
[    6.544138]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x16a/0x1a0
[    6.544328]  netlink_unicast+0x20a/0x320
[    6.544516]  netlink_sendmsg+0x304/0x3b0
[    6.544748]  __sock_sendmsg+0x89/0xb0
[    6.544928]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x167/0x1c0
[    6.545116]  ? ____sys_recvmsg+0xed/0x150
[    6.545308]  ___sys_sendmsg+0xdd/0x120
[    6.545489]  ? ___sys_recvmsg+0x124/0x1e0
[    6.545680]  ? rcutree_enqueue+0x1f/0xb0
[    6.545867]  ? rcutree_enqueue+0x1f/0xb0
[    6.546055]  ? call_rcu+0xde/0x2a0
[    6.546222]  ? evict+0x286/0x2d0
[    6.546389]  ? rcutree_enqueue+0x1f/0xb0
[    6.546577]  ? kmem_cache_free+0x2c/0x350
[    6.546784]  __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x72/0xc0
[    6.546972]  do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x890
[    6.547150]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[    6.547393] RIP: 0033:0x7fc1a3347bd0
...
[    6.551375] RIP: 0010:idpf_txq_group_rel+0xc9/0x110
...
[    6.578856] Rebooting in 10 seconds..

We should skip deallocating txqs[j] if it is NULL in the first place.

Tested: with this patch, the kernel panic no longer appears.
Fixes: 1c325aac10a8 ("idpf: configure resources for TX queues")

Signed-off-by: Li Li <boolli@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index b4dab4a8ee11b..25207da6c995d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -1311,6 +1311,9 @@ static void idpf_txq_group_rel(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 		struct idpf_txq_group *txq_grp = &vport->txq_grps[i];
 
 		for (j = 0; j < txq_grp->num_txq; j++) {
+			if (!txq_grp->txqs[j])
+				continue;
+
 			if (flow_sch_en) {
 				kfree(txq_grp->txqs[j]->refillq);
 				txq_grp->txqs[j]->refillq = NULL;
-- 
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog