[PATCH] RDMA/irdma: Fix possible null-pointer dereference in irdma_create_user_ah()

From: Tuo Li

Date: Wed Nov 12 2025 - 02:47:31 EST


The variable udata is checked at the beginning of irdma_create_user_as(),
indicating that it can be NULL:

if (udata && udata->outlen < IRDMA_CREATE_AH_MIN_RESP_LEN)
return -EINVAL;

However, if udata is NULL, a null-pointer dereference may occur when
calling ib_copy_to_udata():

err = ib_copy_to_udata(udata, &uresp, min(sizeof(uresp), udata->outlen));

To prevent this possible null-pointer dereference, add a NULL check for
udata before calling ib_copy_to_udata().

Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
index c883c9ea5a83..01eccbbb9600 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
@@ -5233,7 +5233,8 @@ static int irdma_create_user_ah(struct ib_ah *ibah,
mutex_unlock(&iwdev->rf->ah_tbl_lock);

uresp.ah_id = ah->sc_ah.ah_info.ah_idx;
- err = ib_copy_to_udata(udata, &uresp, min(sizeof(uresp), udata->outlen));
+ if (udata)
+ err = ib_copy_to_udata(udata, &uresp, min(sizeof(uresp), udata->outlen));
if (err)
irdma_destroy_ah(ibah, attr->flags);

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2.43.0