[PATCH v2] net: mlx5: vport: Add error handling in mlx5_query_nic_vport_qkey_viol_cntr()

From: Wentao Liang
Date: Mon May 19 2025 - 05:02:41 EST


The function mlx5_query_nic_vport_qkey_viol_cntr() calls the function
mlx5_query_nic_vport_context() but does not check its return value. This
could lead to undefined behavior if the query fails. A proper
implementation can be found in mlx5_nic_vport_query_local_lb().

Add error handling for mlx5_query_nic_vport_context(). If it fails, free
the out buffer via kvfree() and return error code.

Fixes: 9efa75254593 ("net/mlx5_core: Introduce access functions to query vport RoCE fields")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.5
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Remove redundant reassignment. Fix RCT.

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
index 0d5f750faa45..ded086ffe8ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/vport.c
@@ -519,19 +519,22 @@ int mlx5_query_nic_vport_qkey_viol_cntr(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
{
u32 *out;
int outlen = MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(query_nic_vport_context_out);
+ int ret;

out = kvzalloc(outlen, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!out)
return -ENOMEM;

- mlx5_query_nic_vport_context(mdev, 0, out);
+ ret = mlx5_query_nic_vport_context(mdev, 0, out);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;

*qkey_viol_cntr = MLX5_GET(query_nic_vport_context_out, out,
nic_vport_context.qkey_violation_counter);
-
+out:
kvfree(out);

- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx5_query_nic_vport_qkey_viol_cntr);

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