[PATCH] net: bnxt: fix a potential use-after-free in bnxt_init_tc

From: Dinghao Liu
Date: Sun Dec 03 2023 - 21:41:11 EST


When flow_indr_dev_register() fails, bnxt_init_tc will free
bp->tc_info through kfree(). However, the caller function
bnxt_init_one() will ignore this failure and call
bnxt_shutdown_tc() on failure of bnxt_dl_register(), where
a use-after-free happens. Fix this issue by setting
bp->tc_info to NULL after kfree().

Fixes: 627c89d00fb9 ("bnxt_en: flow_offload: offload tunnel decap rules via indirect callbacks")
Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
index 38d89d80b4a9..273c9ba48f09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
@@ -2075,6 +2075,7 @@ int bnxt_init_tc(struct bnxt *bp)
rhashtable_destroy(&tc_info->flow_table);
free_tc_info:
kfree(tc_info);
+ bp->tc_info = NULL;
return rc;
}

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2.17.1