linux-kernel - [PATCH net] ice: Fix memory leak in ice_set

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Message-Id: <20260122032644.183754-1-zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:26:44 +0000
From: Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>
To: anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com
Cc: przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jianhao.xu@....edu.cn,
	Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>
Subject: [PATCH net] ice: Fix memory leak in ice_set_ringparam()

In ice_set_ringparam, tx_rings and xdp_rings are allocated before
rx_rings. If the allocation of rx_rings fails, the code jumps to
the done label leaking both tx_rings and xdp_rings. Furthermore, if
the setup of an individual Rx ring fails during the loop, the code jumps
to the free_tx label which releases tx_rings but leaks xdp_rings.

Fix this by introducing a free_xdp label and updating the error paths to
ensure both xdp_rings and tx_rings are properly freed if rx_rings
allocation or setup fails.

Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool
and code review.

Fixes: fcea6f3da546 ("ice: Add stats and ethtool support")
Fixes: efc2214b6047 ("ice: Add support for XDP")
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
index 969d4f8f9c02..1643b118144a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
@@ -3318,7 +3318,7 @@ ice_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
 	rx_rings = kcalloc(vsi->num_rxq, sizeof(*rx_rings), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rx_rings) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto done;
+		goto free_xdp;
 	}
 
 	ice_for_each_rxq(vsi, i) {
@@ -3345,7 +3345,7 @@ ice_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
 			}
 			kfree(rx_rings);
 			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto free_tx;
+			goto free_xdp;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -3398,6 +3398,13 @@ ice_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
 	}
 	goto done;
 
+free_xdp:
+	if (xdp_rings) {
+		ice_for_each_xdp_txq(vsi, i)
+			ice_free_tx_ring(&xdp_rings[i]);
+		kfree(xdp_rings);
+	}
+
 free_tx:
 	/* error cleanup if the Rx allocations failed after getting Tx */
 	if (tx_rings) {
-- 
2.34.1