From: ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming@uniontech.com>
To: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@gmail.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming@uniontech.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: tn40xx: fix netdev and NAPI leak in probe error paths
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:42:56 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260615064256.1068059-1-zhaojinming@uniontech.com> (raw)
In tn40_probe(), after tn40_netdev_alloc() and netif_napi_add() succeed,
none of the subsequent error paths call netif_napi_del() or free_netdev()
to undo these operations. On any probe failure after netif_napi_add() the
NAPI structure (embedded in the netdev private data) remains on the
per-netdev napi_list while the backing memory is never freed, causing:
- A permanent memory leak of the net_device and its private data
(includes DMA rings, descriptor arrays and other internal structures
allocated by tn40_priv_init).
- A stale napi_list node that references already-freed memory, which
is a use-after-free if the list is traversed after probe failure.
Fix by renaming err_unset_drvdata to err_free_netdev, adding
netif_napi_del() and free_netdev() calls there, and redirecting the
tn40_hw_reset() and pci_alloc_irq_vectors() failure paths to this new
label so that all error paths after netdev allocation properly release
the netdev and NAPI resources.
Fixes: dd2a0ff55408 ("net: tn40xx: add basic Tx handling")
Signed-off-by: ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming@uniontech.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti/tn40.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti/tn40.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti/tn40.c
index 558b791a97ed..532703e9c28e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti/tn40.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/tehuti/tn40.c
@@ -1751,13 +1751,13 @@ static int tn40_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
ret = tn40_hw_reset(priv);
if (ret) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to reset HW.\n");
- goto err_unset_drvdata;
+ goto err_free_netdev;
}
ret = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(pdev, 1, nvec, PCI_IRQ_MSI);
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate irq.\n");
- goto err_unset_drvdata;
+ goto err_free_netdev;
}
ret = tn40_mdiobus_init(priv);
@@ -1799,8 +1799,10 @@ static int tn40_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
tn40_swnodes_cleanup(priv);
err_free_irq:
pci_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
-err_unset_drvdata:
+err_free_netdev:
+ netif_napi_del(&priv->napi);
pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+ free_netdev(ndev);
err_iounmap:
iounmap(regs);
err_free_regions:
--
2.20.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-15 6:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-15 6:42 ZhaoJinming [this message]
2026-06-17 23:33 ` Jakub Kicinski
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