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From: cxxz16 <990492108@qq.com>
To: sgoutham@marvell.com, gakula@marvell.com, sbhatta@marvell.com,
	hkelam@marvell.com, bbhushan2@marvell.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cxxz16 <990492108@qq.com>
Subject: [Patch next] octeontx2-pf: fix potential double free in rvu_rep_create()
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:16:39 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tencent_20ED8A5A99ECCFE616B18F17D8056B5AF707@qq.com> (raw)

In rvu_rep_create(), the netdev is allocated via alloc_etherdev()
and assigned to rep->netdev. This rep structure is then stored
in the priv->reps array indexed by rep_id.

If either rvu_rep_devlink_port_register() or register_netdev() fails,
the function frees ndev using free_netdev(ndev) before jumping to 
the 'exit:' label. However, in the 'exit:' section, the function 
iterates over priv->reps[] and again frees rep->netdev, which points 
to the same ndev.

This results in a potential double free of the same netdev pointer,
which can cause memory corruption or crashes.

To fix this, avoid calling free_netdev(ndev) before jumping to 'exit:'.
The cleanup logic at 'exit:' should handle the freeing safely.

Signed-off-by: cxxz16 <990492108@qq.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c
index 04e08e06f30f..de9a50f2fc39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/rep.c
@@ -681,7 +681,6 @@ int rvu_rep_create(struct otx2_nic *priv, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 		err = rvu_rep_devlink_port_register(rep);
 		if (err) {
-			free_netdev(ndev);
 			goto exit;
 		}
 
@@ -691,7 +690,6 @@ int rvu_rep_create(struct otx2_nic *priv, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
 					   "PFVF representor registration failed");
 			rvu_rep_devlink_port_unregister(rep);
-			free_netdev(ndev);
 			goto exit;
 		}
 
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2025-04-13  6:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-13  6:16 cxxz16 [this message]
2025-04-15  6:03 ` Abdun Nihaal
2025-04-15  7:32   ` Markus Elfring
2025-04-15 13:44     ` Abdun Nihaal
2025-04-15  6:55 ` [Patch] " Markus Elfring

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