[PATCH net] ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Apr 09 2026 - 11:17:05 EST
When auxiliary_device_add() fails, the aux_dev_uninit label calls
auxiliary_device_uninit() and falls through to sf_dev_free and xa_erase.
The uninit invokes ice_sf_dev_release(), which already frees sf_dev via
kfree() and erases the entry from ice_sf_aux_id. The fall-through then
double-frees sf_dev and double-erases the id.
This is reachable from userspace via the devlink port function state-set
netlink command.
Fix this by returning right after uninit because the release callback
handles all cleanup correctly.
Cc: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Piotr Raczynski <piotr.raczynski@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 177ef7f1e2a0 ("ice: base subfunction aux driver")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: gregkh_clanker_t1000
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
index 2cf04bc6edce..6bc8aa896762 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ ice_sf_eth_activate(struct ice_dynamic_port *dyn_port,
return 0;
aux_dev_uninit:
+ /* ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev and erases the xa entry */
auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev);
+ return err;
sf_dev_free:
kfree(sf_dev);
xa_erase:
--
2.53.0