[PATCH v17 net-next 2/8] devlink: heap-allocate param fill buffers in devlink_nl_param_fill

From: Ratheesh Kannoth

Date: Sun May 31 2026 - 23:01:45 EST


devlink_nl_param_fill() kept two per-configuration-mode copies of
union devlink_param_value plus a struct devlink_param_gset_ctx on the
stack while building the Netlink reply. Allocate those with kcalloc()
and kzalloc_obj() instead, and route failures through a single cleanup
path so temporary buffers are always freed.

Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/devlink/param.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/devlink/param.c b/net/devlink/param.c
index 1a196d3a843d..bd3881349c60 100644
--- a/net/devlink/param.c
+++ b/net/devlink/param.c
@@ -304,56 +304,79 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
u32 portid, u32 seq, int flags,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
- union devlink_param_value default_value[DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1];
- union devlink_param_value param_value[DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1];
bool default_value_set[DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1] = {};
bool param_value_set[DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1] = {};
const struct devlink_param *param = param_item->param;
- struct devlink_param_gset_ctx ctx;
+ union devlink_param_value *default_value;
+ union devlink_param_value *param_value;
+ struct devlink_param_gset_ctx *ctx;
struct nlattr *param_values_list;
struct nlattr *param_attr;
void *hdr;
int err;
int i;

+ default_value = kcalloc(DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1,
+ sizeof(*default_value), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!default_value)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ param_value = kcalloc(DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX + 1,
+ sizeof(*param_value), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!param_value) {
+ kfree(default_value);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ ctx = kzalloc_obj(*ctx);
+ if (!ctx) {
+ kfree(param_value);
+ kfree(default_value);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
/* Get value from driver part to driverinit configuration mode */
for (i = 0; i <= DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX; i++) {
if (!devlink_param_cmode_is_supported(param, i))
continue;
if (i == DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_DRIVERINIT) {
- if (param_item->driverinit_value_new_valid)
+ if (param_item->driverinit_value_new_valid) {
param_value[i] = param_item->driverinit_value_new;
- else if (param_item->driverinit_value_valid)
+ } else if (param_item->driverinit_value_valid) {
param_value[i] = param_item->driverinit_value;
- else
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ } else {
+ err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto get_put_fail;
+ }

if (param_item->driverinit_value_valid) {
default_value[i] = param_item->driverinit_default;
default_value_set[i] = true;
}
} else {
- ctx.cmode = i;
- err = devlink_param_get(devlink, param, &ctx, extack);
+ ctx->cmode = i;
+ err = devlink_param_get(devlink, param, ctx, extack);
if (err)
- return err;
- param_value[i] = ctx.val;
+ goto get_put_fail;

- err = devlink_param_get_default(devlink, param, &ctx,
+ param_value[i] = ctx->val;
+
+ err = devlink_param_get_default(devlink, param, ctx,
extack);
if (!err) {
- default_value[i] = ctx.val;
+ default_value[i] = ctx->val;
default_value_set[i] = true;
} else if (err != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
- return err;
+ goto get_put_fail;
}
}
param_value_set[i] = true;
}

+ err = -EMSGSIZE;
hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, portid, seq, &devlink_nl_family, flags, cmd);
if (!hdr)
- return -EMSGSIZE;
+ goto get_put_fail;

if (devlink_nl_put_handle(msg, devlink))
goto genlmsg_cancel;
@@ -393,6 +416,9 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
nla_nest_end(msg, param_values_list);
nla_nest_end(msg, param_attr);
genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+ kfree(default_value);
+ kfree(param_value);
+ kfree(ctx);
return 0;

values_list_nest_cancel:
@@ -401,7 +427,11 @@ static int devlink_nl_param_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
nla_nest_cancel(msg, param_attr);
genlmsg_cancel:
genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
- return -EMSGSIZE;
+get_put_fail:
+ kfree(default_value);
+ kfree(param_value);
+ kfree(ctx);
+ return err;
}

static void devlink_param_notify(struct devlink *devlink,
--
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