[PATCH net v2 2/2] octeon_ep_vf: add NULL check for napi_build_skb()

From: David Carlier

Date: Thu Apr 09 2026 - 14:41:18 EST


napi_build_skb() can return NULL on allocation failure. In
__octep_vf_oq_process_rx(), the result is used directly without a NULL
check in both the single-buffer and multi-fragment paths, leading to a
NULL pointer dereference.

Add NULL checks after both napi_build_skb() calls, properly advancing
descriptors and consuming remaining fragments on failure.

Fixes: 1cd3b407977c ("octeon_ep_vf: add Tx/Rx processing and interrupt support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c
index 7bd1b9b8d7f5..d98247408242 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c
@@ -414,10 +414,15 @@ static int __octep_vf_oq_process_rx(struct octep_vf_device *oct,
data_offset = OCTEP_VF_OQ_RESP_HW_SIZE;
rx_ol_flags = 0;
}
- rx_bytes += buff_info->len;
-
if (buff_info->len <= oq->max_single_buffer_size) {
skb = napi_build_skb((void *)resp_hw, PAGE_SIZE);
+ if (!skb) {
+ oq->stats->alloc_failures++;
+ desc_used++;
+ read_idx = octep_vf_oq_next_idx(oq, read_idx);
+ continue;
+ }
+ rx_bytes += buff_info->len;
skb_reserve(skb, data_offset);
skb_put(skb, buff_info->len);
desc_used++;
@@ -427,6 +432,27 @@ static int __octep_vf_oq_process_rx(struct octep_vf_device *oct,
u16 data_len;

skb = napi_build_skb((void *)resp_hw, PAGE_SIZE);
+ if (!skb) {
+ oq->stats->alloc_failures++;
+ desc_used++;
+ read_idx = octep_vf_oq_next_idx(oq, read_idx);
+ data_len = buff_info->len - oq->max_single_buffer_size;
+ while (data_len) {
+ dma_unmap_page(oq->dev, oq->desc_ring[read_idx].buffer_ptr,
+ PAGE_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+ buff_info = (struct octep_vf_rx_buffer *)
+ &oq->buff_info[read_idx];
+ buff_info->page = NULL;
+ if (data_len < oq->buffer_size)
+ data_len = 0;
+ else
+ data_len -= oq->buffer_size;
+ desc_used++;
+ read_idx = octep_vf_oq_next_idx(oq, read_idx);
+ }
+ continue;
+ }
+ rx_bytes += buff_info->len;
skb_reserve(skb, data_offset);
/* Head fragment includes response header(s);
* subsequent fragments contains only data.
--
2.53.0