[PATCH v2] net: meth: Fix skb allocation failure handling in RX init
From: Haoxiang Li
Date: Tue Jun 23 2026 - 23:21:00 EST
meth_init_rx_ring() does not check the return value of alloc_skb().
If the allocation fails, the NULL skb is passed to skb_reserve() and
then dereferenced through skb->head.
Add check for alloc_skb() to prevent potential null pointer dereference.
And unwind the RX entries that were already allocated and DMA-mapped
before returning.
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add error handling to free the resources that were already allocated. Thanks, Pavan.
- Drop the fixes tag. Thanks, Andrew.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c
index f7c3a5a766b7..bf5f47692023 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ static int meth_init_rx_ring(struct meth_private *priv)
for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_ENTRIES; i++) {
priv->rx_skbs[i] = alloc_skb(METH_RX_BUFF_SIZE, 0);
+ if (!priv->rx_skbs[i])
+ goto err_free_skbs;
+
/* 8byte status vector + 3quad padding + 2byte padding,
* to put data on 64bit aligned boundary */
skb_reserve(priv->rx_skbs[i],METH_RX_HEAD);
@@ -240,6 +243,17 @@ static int meth_init_rx_ring(struct meth_private *priv)
}
priv->rx_write = 0;
return 0;
+
+err_free_skbs:
+ while (i--) {
+ dma_unmap_single(&priv->pdev->dev, priv->rx_ring_dmas[i],
+ METH_RX_BUFF_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+ priv->rx_ring[i] = 0;
+ priv->rx_ring_dmas[i] = 0;
+ kfree_skb(priv->rx_skbs[i]);
+ priv->rx_skbs[i] = NULL;
+ }
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
static void meth_free_tx_ring(struct meth_private *priv)
{
--
2.25.1