[PATCH net] bnge: return after auxiliary_device_uninit() in error path

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Date: Sat Apr 11 2026 - 06:46:02 EST


When auxiliary_device_add() fails, the error block calls
auxiliary_device_uninit() but does not return. The uninit drops the
last reference and synchronously runs bnge_aux_dev_release(), which sets
bd->auxr_dev = NULL and frees the underlying object. The subsequent
bd->auxr_dev->net = bd->netdev then dereferences NULL, which is not a
good thing to have happen when trying to clean up from an error.

Add the missing return, as the auxiliary bus documentation states is a
requirement (seems that LLM tools read documentation better than humans
do...)

Cc: Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 8ac050ec3b1c ("bng_en: Add RoCE aux device support")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: gregkh_clanker_t1000
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_auxr.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_auxr.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_auxr.c
index b942076762ef..67e93e17d4d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_auxr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_auxr.c
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ void bnge_rdma_aux_device_add(struct bnge_dev *bd)
dev_warn(bd->dev, "Failed to add auxiliary device for ROCE\n");
auxiliary_device_uninit(aux_dev);
bd->flags &= ~BNGE_EN_ROCE;
+ return;
}

bd->auxr_dev->net = bd->netdev;
--
2.53.0