[PATCH net 1/2] net/mlx5: Fix memory leak in cmd_exec()

From: Tariq Toukan
Date: Thu Jul 17 2025 - 08:06:55 EST


From: Chiara Meiohas <cmeiohas@xxxxxxxxxx>

If cmd_exec() is called with callback and mlx5_cmd_invoke() returns an
error, resources allocated in cmd_exec() will not be freed.

Fix the code to release the resources if mlx5_cmd_invoke() returns an
error.

Fixes: f086470122d5 ("net/mlx5: cmdif, Return value improvements")
Reported-by: Alex Tereshkin <atereshkin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chiara Meiohas <cmeiohas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
index b1aeea7c4a91..e395ef5f356e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -1947,8 +1947,8 @@ static int cmd_exec(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, void *in, int in_size, void *out,

err = mlx5_cmd_invoke(dev, inb, outb, out, out_size, callback, context,
pages_queue, token, force_polling);
- if (callback)
- return err;
+ if (callback && !err)
+ return 0;

if (err > 0) /* Failed in FW, command didn't execute */
err = deliv_status_to_err(err);
--
2.31.1