Re: [PATCH v3] net: mlx5: Add a missing check on idr_find, free buf

From: Saeed Mahameed
Date: Tue Mar 19 2019 - 12:57:57 EST


On Tue, 2019-03-19 at 10:55 -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> idr_find() can return a NULL value to 'flow' which is used without a
> check.
> The patch adds a check to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference.
> In case of mlx5_fpga_sbu_conn_sendmsg() failure, free buf allocated
> using kzalloc.
>
> ---
> v2: failure to return in case of flow failure.
> v1: Failed to free buf in case of flow failure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c
> index 5cf5f2a9d51f..224e0d7f6489 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c
> @@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ int mlx5_fpga_tls_resync_rx(struct mlx5_core_dev
> *mdev, u32 handle, u32 seq,
> rcu_read_lock();
> flow = idr_find(&mdev->fpga->tls->rx_idr, ntohl(handle));
> rcu_read_unlock();
> + if (!flow) {
> + WARN_ONCE(1, "Received NULL pointer for handle\n");
> + kfree(buf);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }

Just a small nit, it would have been simpler if you just changed the
order between buf = kzalloc(...) and flow = idr_find, to avoid
kfree(buf) on err flow.

Please add the fixes tag as Eric suggested.

> mlx5_fpga_tls_flow_to_cmd(flow, cmd);
>
> MLX5_SET(tls_cmd, cmd, swid, ntohl(handle));
> @@ -238,6 +243,8 @@ int mlx5_fpga_tls_resync_rx(struct mlx5_core_dev
> *mdev, u32 handle, u32 seq,
> buf->complete = mlx_tls_kfree_complete;
>
> ret = mlx5_fpga_sbu_conn_sendmsg(mdev->fpga->tls->conn, buf);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + kfree(buf);
>
> return ret;
> }