RE: [EXT] [PATCH] qed: Fix a potential double-free in qed_cxt_tables_alloc

[Suman Ghosh]

>qed_ilt_shadow_alloc() will call qed_ilt_shadow_free() to free p_hwfn-
>>p_cxt_mngr->ilt_shadow on error. However,
>qed_cxt_tables_alloc() frees this pointer again on failure of
>qed_ilt_shadow_alloc() through calling qed_cxt_mngr_free(), which may
>lead to double-free. Fix this issue by setting p_hwfn->p_cxt_mngr-
>>ilt_shadow to NULL in qed_ilt_shadow_free().
>
>Fixes: fe56b9e6a8d9 ("qed: Add module with basic common support")
>Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_cxt.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_cxt.c
>b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_cxt.c
>index 65e20693c549..26e247517394 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_cxt.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_cxt.c
>@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ static void qed_ilt_shadow_free(struct qed_hwfn
>*p_hwfn)
> 		p_dma->virt_addr = NULL;
> 	}
> 	kfree(p_mngr->ilt_shadow);
>+	p_hwfn->p_cxt_mngr->ilt_shadow = NULL;
[Suman] Hi Dinghao,

I am not sure how this will help prevent the double free here? If qed_ilt_shadow_alloc() fails to allocate memory, then still qed_cxt_mngr_free() will be called and kfree()
will try to free the NULL pointer. Shouldn't it be like below?

if (p_mngr->ilt_shadow)
	Kfree(p_mngr->ilt_shadow);
> }
>
> static int qed_ilt_blk_alloc(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
>--
>2.17.1
>