linux-kernel - [PATCH] dpaa2-switch: prevent ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference when num

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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:07:34 +0800
From: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@...look.com>
To: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....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>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@...il.com>, Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@...look.com>
Subject: [PATCH] dpaa2-switch: prevent ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference when
 num_ifs is zero

The driver allocates arrays for ports, FDBs, and filter blocks using
kcalloc() with ethsw->sw_attr.num_ifs as the element count. When the
device reports zero interfaces (either due to hardware configuration
or firmware issues), kcalloc(0, ...) returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR (0x10)
instead of NULL.

Later in dpaa2_switch_probe(), the NAPI initialization unconditionally
accesses ethsw->ports[0]->netdev, which attempts to dereference
ZERO_SIZE_PTR (address 0x10), resulting in a kernel panic.

Add a check to ensure num_ifs is greater than zero after retrieving
device attributes. This prevents the zero-sized allocations and
subsequent invalid pointer dereference.

Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@...il.com>
Reported-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@...look.com>
Fixes: 0b1b71370458 ("staging: dpaa2-switch: handle Rx path on control interface")
Signed-off-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@...look.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
index b1e1ad9e4b48..0ff234f6a3ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
@@ -3024,6 +3024,12 @@ static int dpaa2_switch_init(struct fsl_mc_device *sw_dev)
 		goto err_close;
 	}

+	if (!ethsw->sw_attr.num_ifs) {
+		dev_err(dev, "DPSW device has no interfaces\n");
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
 	err = dpsw_get_api_version(ethsw->mc_io, 0,
 				   &ethsw->major,
 				   &ethsw->minor);

---
base-commit: 62085877ae6592be830c2267e35dc469cb706308
change-id: 20260126-fixes-78bb0650d4fe

Best regards,
-- 
Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@...look.com>