[RFT net-next PATCH RESEND 0/2] ethernet: intel: fix freeing uninitialized pointers with __free

From: Ally Heev
Date: Mon Nov 24 2025 - 02:41:01 EST


Uninitialized pointers with `__free` attribute can cause undefined
behavior as the memory assigned randomly to the pointer is freed
automatically when the pointer goes out of scope.

We could just fix it by initializing the pointer to NULL, but, as usage of
cleanup attributes is discouraged in net [1], trying to achieve cleanup
using goto

[1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html#using-device-managed-and-cleanup-h-constructs

Signed-off-by: Ally Heev <allyheev@xxxxxxxxx>
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Ally Heev (2):
ice: remove __free usage in ice_flow
idpf: remove __free usage in idpf_virtchnl

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flow.c | 6 ++++--
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 24598358a1b4ca1d596b8e7b34a7bc76f54e630f
change-id: 20251113-aheev-fix-free-uninitialized-ptrs-ethernet-intel-abc0cc9278d8

Best regards,
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