Re: [PATCH] [v2] net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in fs_udp_create_groups

From: Tariq Toukan
Date: Tue Nov 28 2023 - 04:55:18 EST




On 28/11/2023 11:40, Dinghao Liu wrote:
When kcalloc() for ft->g succeeds but kvzalloc() for in fails,
fs_udp_create_groups() will free ft->g. However, its caller
fs_udp_create_table() will free ft->g again through calling
mlx5e_destroy_flow_table(), which will lead to a double-free.
Fix this by setting ft->g to NULL in fs_udp_create_groups().

Fixes: 1c80bd684388 ("net/mlx5e: Introduce Flow Steering UDP API")
Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Changelog:

v2: Setting ft->g to NULL instead of removing the kfree().
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
index be83ad9db82a..e1283531e0b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static int fs_udp_create_groups(struct mlx5e_flow_table *ft, enum fs_udp_type ty
in = kvzalloc(inlen, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!in || !ft->g) {
kfree(ft->g);
+ ft->g = NULL;
kvfree(in);
return -ENOMEM;
}


Thanks for your patch.
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>