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[net,3/8] net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc()

Message ID 20240925202013.45374-4-saeed@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit f25389e779500cf4a59ef9804534237841bce536
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net,1/8] net/mlx5: Fix error path in multi-packet WQE transmit | expand

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Commit Message

Saeed Mahameed Sept. 25, 2024, 8:20 p.m. UTC 
From: Elena Salomatkina <esalomatkina@ispras.ru>

In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL
which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference
to the modify field.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: a6696735d694 ("net/mlx5e: Convert TIR to a dedicated object")
Signed-off-by: Elena Salomatkina <esalomatkina@ispras.ru>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
index d4239e3b3c88..11f724ad90db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@  struct mlx5e_tir_builder *mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc(bool modify)
 	struct mlx5e_tir_builder *builder;
 
 	builder = kvzalloc(sizeof(*builder), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!builder)
+		return NULL;
+
 	builder->modify = modify;
 
 	return builder;