RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path

[Loktionov, Aleksandr]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
> Of Guangshuo Li
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 4:10 PM
> To: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; Kitszel,
> Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn
> <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric
> Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo
> Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>; Michal
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> Cc: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>; stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] ice: fix double free in
> ice_sf_eth_activate() error path
> 
> When auxiliary_device_add() fails, ice_sf_eth_activate() jumps to
> aux_dev_uninit and calls auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev).
> 
> The device release callback ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev, but the
> current error path falls through to sf_dev_free and calls
> kfree(sf_dev) again, causing a double free.
> 
> Keep kfree(sf_dev) for the auxiliary_device_init() failure path, but
> avoid falling through to sf_dev_free after auxiliary_device_uninit().
> 
> Fixes: 13acc5c4cdbe ("ice: subfunction activation and base devlink
> ops")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> index 1a2c94375ca7..ec6020338b9f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> @@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ ice_sf_eth_activate(struct ice_dynamic_port
> *dyn_port,
> 
>  aux_dev_uninit:
>  	auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev);
> +	goto xa_erase;
>  sf_dev_free:
>  	kfree(sf_dev);
>  xa_erase:
> --
> 2.43.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>