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Message-ID: <c631fc5e-1cc6-467a-963a-69ef03c20f40@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 12:50:41 +0200
From: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
To: Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@...rgos.ru>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>, "David
S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "Jakub
Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
<lvc-project@...uxtesting.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] mlxsw: core_linecards: Fix double memory deallocation
in case of invalid INI file
On 7/2/24 12:33, Aleksandr Mishin wrote:
> In case of invalid INI file mlxsw_linecard_types_init() deallocates memory
IMO there should be some comment in the code indicating that invalid
file is not a critical error. I find it weird anyway that you ignore
invalid-file-error, but propagate ENOMEM.
> but doesn't reset pointer to NULL and returns 0. In case of any error
> occured after mlxsw_linecard_types_init() call, mlxsw_linecards_init()
typo: occurred
> calls mlxsw_linecard_types_fini() which perform memory deallocation again.
>
> Add pointer reset to NULL.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Fixes: b217127e5e4e ("mlxsw: core_linecards: Add line card objects and implement provisioning")
this indeed avoids double free,
Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@...rgos.ru>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c
> index 025e0db983fe..b032d5a4b3b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core_linecards.c
> @@ -1484,6 +1484,7 @@ static int mlxsw_linecard_types_init(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core,
> vfree(types_info->data);
> err_data_alloc:
> kfree(types_info);
> + linecards->types_info = NULL;
> return err;
> }
>
BTW:
mlxsw_linecard_types_file_validate() don't need @types_info param
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