netdev - Re: [PATCH net V3] net: pds_core: Fix possible double free in error handling path

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Message-ID: <5fe277d9-56a9-4105-a915-bf178e556a22@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 14:44:59 +0100
From: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>
To: Yongzhi Liu <hyperlyzcs@...il.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<shannon.nelson@....com>, <brett.creeley@....com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<jitxie@...cent.com>, <huntazhang@...cent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V3] net: pds_core: Fix possible double free in error
 handling path



On 06.03.2024 11:57, Yongzhi Liu wrote:
> When auxiliary_device_add() returns error and then calls
> auxiliary_device_uninit(), Callback function pdsc_auxbus_dev_release
> calls kfree(padev) to free memory. We shouldn't call kfree(padev)
> again in the error handling path.
> 
> Fix this by cleaning up the redundant kfree() and putting
> the error handling back to where the errors happened.
> 
> Fixes: 4569cce43bc6 ("pds_core: add auxiliary_bus devices")
> Signed-off-by: Yongzhi Liu <hyperlyzcs@...il.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>

>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/auxbus.c | 12 ++++--------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/auxbus.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/auxbus.c
> index 11c23a7f3172..fd1a5149c003 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/auxbus.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pds_core/auxbus.c
> @@ -160,23 +160,19 @@ static struct pds_auxiliary_dev *pdsc_auxbus_dev_register(struct pdsc *cf,
>  	if (err < 0) {
>  		dev_warn(cf->dev, "auxiliary_device_init of %s failed: %pe\n",
>  			 name, ERR_PTR(err));
> -		goto err_out;
> +		kfree(padev);
> +		return ERR_PTR(err);
>  	}
>  
>  	err = auxiliary_device_add(aux_dev);
>  	if (err) {
>  		dev_warn(cf->dev, "auxiliary_device_add of %s failed: %pe\n",
>  			 name, ERR_PTR(err));
> -		goto err_out_uninit;
> +		auxiliary_device_uninit(aux_dev);
> +		return ERR_PTR(err);
>  	}
>  
>  	return padev;
> -
> -err_out_uninit:
> -	auxiliary_device_uninit(aux_dev);
> -err_out:
> -	kfree(padev);
> -	return ERR_PTR(err);
>  }
>  
>  int pdsc_auxbus_dev_del(struct pdsc *cf, struct pdsc *pf)