[PATCH net] bnxt_en: Handle partially initialized auxiliary devices
From: Ruoyu Wang
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 10:47:29 EST
bnxt_aux_devices_init() calls auxiliary_device_init() before allocating
and attaching the bnxt_en_dev and ULP table. After
auxiliary_device_init() succeeds, the auxiliary bus owns the embedded
device lifetime and the driver must unwind later errors with
auxiliary_device_uninit(), which runs bnxt_aux_dev_release().
The release callback currently assumes that aux_priv->id, aux_priv->edev
and edev->net were all populated. If the bnxt_en_dev allocation fails,
release dereferences aux_priv->edev while it is still NULL. If a later
failure happens before aux_priv->id is assigned, release uses the zeroed
id field and can clear the wrong auxiliary-device slot while unwinding a
partially initialized device.
Set aux_priv->id before auxiliary_device_init() so the release path can
identify the slot, make release tolerate missing partial state, and clear
bp->aux_priv[idx] on the unwind path where release cannot derive bp from
an edev.
This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual
source review.
Fixes: 194fad5b2781 ("bnxt_en: Refactor bnxt_rdma_aux_device_init/uninit functions")
Signed-off-by: Ruoyu Wang <ruoyuw560@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
index 5c751933da6a9..e85d1b6c9fb1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
@@ -472,12 +472,17 @@ static void bnxt_aux_dev_release(struct device *dev)
{
struct bnxt_aux_priv *aux_priv =
container_of(dev, struct bnxt_aux_priv, aux_dev.dev);
- struct bnxt *bp = netdev_priv(aux_priv->edev->net);
+ struct bnxt_en_dev *edev = aux_priv->edev;
+ struct bnxt *bp = edev && edev->net ? netdev_priv(edev->net) : NULL;
- kfree(aux_priv->edev->ulp_tbl);
- bp->edev[aux_priv->id] = NULL;
- kfree(aux_priv->edev);
- bp->aux_priv[aux_priv->id] = NULL;
+ if (edev) {
+ kfree(edev->ulp_tbl);
+ if (bp)
+ bp->edev[aux_priv->id] = NULL;
+ kfree(edev);
+ }
+ if (bp)
+ bp->aux_priv[aux_priv->id] = NULL;
kfree(aux_priv);
}
@@ -571,6 +576,7 @@ void bnxt_aux_devices_init(struct bnxt *bp)
aux_dev->name = bnxt_aux_devices[idx].name;
aux_dev->dev.parent = &bp->pdev->dev;
aux_dev->dev.release = bnxt_aux_dev_release;
+ aux_priv->id = idx;
rc = auxiliary_device_init(aux_dev);
if (rc) {
@@ -598,12 +604,12 @@ void bnxt_aux_devices_init(struct bnxt *bp)
bp->edev[idx] = edev;
if (idx == BNXT_AUXDEV_RDMA)
bp->ulp_num_msix_want = bnxt_set_dflt_ulp_msix(bp);
- aux_priv->id = idx;
bnxt_auxdev_set_state(bp, idx, BNXT_ADEV_STATE_INIT);
continue;
aux_dev_uninit:
auxiliary_device_uninit(aux_dev);
+ bp->aux_priv[idx] = NULL;
next_auxdev:
if (idx == BNXT_AUXDEV_RDMA)
bp->flags &= ~BNXT_FLAG_ROCE_CAP;
--
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