netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "nfp: abm: fix memory leak in nfp_abm_u32_knode

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Date:   Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:15:49 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "nfp: abm: fix memory leak in
 nfp_abm_u32_knode_replace"

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:20:32 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> This reverts commit 78beef629fd9 ("nfp: abm: fix memory leak in
> nfp_abm_u32_knode_replace").
> 
> The quoted commit does not fix anything and resulted in a bogus
> CVE-2019-19076.
> 
> If match is NULL then it is known there is no matching entry in
> list, hence, calling nfp_abm_u32_knode_delete() is pointless.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Reviewed-by: John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>

Applied.