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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in fs_any_create_groups
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On 28/11/2023 10:28, Dinghao Liu wrote:
> When kcalloc() for ft->g succeeds but kvzalloc() for in fails,
> fs_any_create_groups() will free ft->g. However, its caller
> fs_any_create_table() will free ft->g again through calling
> mlx5e_destroy_flow_table(), which will lead to a double-free.
> Fix this by removing the kfree(ft->g) in fs_any_create_groups().
>
> Fixes: 0f575c20bf06 ("net/mlx5e: Introduce Flow Steering ANY API")
> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
> index be83ad9db82a..b222d23bfb9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
> @@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ static int fs_any_create_groups(struct mlx5e_flow_table *ft)
> ft->g = kcalloc(MLX5E_FS_UDP_NUM_GROUPS, sizeof(*ft->g), GFP_KERNEL);
> in = kvzalloc(inlen, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!in || !ft->g) {
> - kfree(ft->g);
> kvfree(in);
> return -ENOMEM;
> }

Function fs_any_create_groups should not return failure without cleaning
itself up. This is not the right fix.
Freeing ft->g and setting it to NULL will do it, and will avoid the
double free.

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