netdev - Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx5: fix kvfree of uninitialized pointer spec

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Date:   Wed, 6 Nov 2019 06:24:25 +0000
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "colin.king@...onical.com" <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx5: fix kvfree of uninitialized pointer spec

On Tue, 2019-11-05 at 18:27 +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently when a call to  esw_vport_create_legacy_ingress_acl_group
> fails the error exit path to label 'out' will cause a kvfree on the
> uninitialized pointer spec.  Fix this by ensuring pointer spec is
> initialized to NULL to avoid this issue.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitialized pointer read")
> Fixes: 10652f39943e ("net/mlx5: Refactor ingress acl configuration")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
> index 7baade9e62b7..f2e400a23a59 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
> @@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static int esw_vport_ingress_config(struct
> mlx5_eswitch *esw,
>  	struct mlx5_flow_destination drop_ctr_dst = {0};
>  	struct mlx5_flow_destination *dst = NULL;
>  	struct mlx5_flow_act flow_act = {0};
> -	struct mlx5_flow_spec *spec;
> +	struct mlx5_flow_spec *spec = NULL;
>  	int dest_num = 0;
>  	int err = 0;
>  	u8 *smac_v;


Applied to mlx5-next.
Thanks!