[PATCH][next] octeontx2-af: Fix access of iter->entry after iter object has been kfree'd

From: Colin King
Date: Wed Nov 18 2020 - 09:38:33 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The call to pc_delete_flow can kfree the iter object, so the following
dev_err message that accesses iter->entry can accessmemory that has
just been kfree'd. Fix this by adding a temporary variable 'entry'
that has a copy of iter->entry and also use this when indexing into
the array mcam->entry2target_pffunc[]. Also print the unsigned value
using the %u format specifier rather than %d.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Read from pointer after free")
Fixes: 55307fcb9258 ("octeontx2-af: Add mbox messages to install and delete MCAM rules")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mem.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c | 8 +++++---
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
index 4ddfdff33a61..14832b66d1fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
@@ -1218,11 +1218,13 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_npc_delete_flow(struct rvu *rvu,
mutex_unlock(&mcam->lock);

list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, tmp, &del_list, list) {
+ u16 entry = iter->entry;
+
/* clear the mcam entry target pcifunc */
- mcam->entry2target_pffunc[iter->entry] = 0x0;
+ mcam->entry2target_pffunc[entry] = 0x0;
if (npc_delete_flow(rvu, iter, pcifunc))
- dev_err(rvu->dev, "rule deletion failed for entry:%d",
- iter->entry);
+ dev_err(rvu->dev, "rule deletion failed for entry:%u",
+ entry);
}

return 0;
--
2.28.0