Hi Vadim, kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings: url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Vadim-Fedorenko/bpf-crypto-add-skcipher-to-bpf-crypto/20231202-091254 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git master patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231202010604.1877561-1-vadfed%40meta.com patch subject: [PATCH bpf-next v7 1/3] bpf: make common crypto API for TC/XDP programs config: x86_64-randconfig-161-20231202 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231206/202312060647.2JfAE3rk-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: clang version 16.0.4 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git ae42196bc493ffe877a7e3dff8be32035dea4d07) reproduce: (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20231206/202312060647.2JfAE3rk-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce) If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> | Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202312060647.2JfAE3rk-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ smatch warnings: kernel/bpf/crypto.c:192 bpf_crypto_ctx_create() error: we previously assumed 'ctx' could be null (see line 165) kernel/bpf/crypto.c:192 bpf_crypto_ctx_create() error: potentially dereferencing uninitialized 'ctx'. vim +/ctx +192 kernel/bpf/crypto.c 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 122 __bpf_kfunc struct bpf_crypto_ctx * 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 123 bpf_crypto_ctx_create(const char *type__str, const char *algo__str, 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 124 const struct bpf_dynptr_kern *pkey, 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 125 unsigned int authsize, int *err) 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 126 { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 127 const struct bpf_crypto_type *type = bpf_crypto_get_type(type__str); Delete this assignment. (Duplicated). 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 128 struct bpf_crypto_ctx *ctx; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 129 const u8 *key; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 130 u32 key_len; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 131 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 132 type = bpf_crypto_get_type(type__str); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 133 if (IS_ERR(type)) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 134 *err = PTR_ERR(type); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 135 return NULL; Why doesn't this function just return error pointers? 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 136 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 137 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 138 if (!type->has_algo(algo__str)) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 139 *err = -EOPNOTSUPP; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 140 goto err; ctx is uninitialized on this path. 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 141 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 142 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 143 if (!authsize && type->setauthsize) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 144 *err = -EOPNOTSUPP; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 145 goto err; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 146 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 147 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 148 if (authsize && !type->setauthsize) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 149 *err = -EOPNOTSUPP; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 150 goto err; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 151 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 152 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 153 key_len = __bpf_dynptr_size(pkey); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 154 if (!key_len) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 155 *err = -EINVAL; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 156 goto err; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 157 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 158 key = __bpf_dynptr_data(pkey, key_len); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 159 if (!key) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 160 *err = -EINVAL; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 161 goto err; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 162 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 163 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 164 ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 @165 if (!ctx) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 166 *err = -ENOMEM; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 167 goto err; ctx is NULL here. 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 168 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 169 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 170 ctx->type = type; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 171 ctx->tfm = type->alloc_tfm(algo__str); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 172 if (IS_ERR(ctx->tfm)) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 173 *err = PTR_ERR(ctx->tfm); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 174 ctx->tfm = NULL; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 175 goto err; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 176 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 177 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 178 if (authsize) { 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 179 *err = type->setauthsize(ctx->tfm, authsize); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 180 if (*err) 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 181 goto err; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 182 } 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 183 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 184 *err = type->setkey(ctx->tfm, key, key_len); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 185 if (*err) 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 186 goto err; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 187 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 188 refcount_set(&ctx->usage, 1); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 189 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 190 return ctx; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 191 err: 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 @192 if (ctx->tfm) ^^^^^^^^ NULL dereference. These two error handling bugs in three lines of code are canonical One Err Label type bugs. Better to do a ladder where each error label frees the last thing that was allocated. Easier to review. Then you could delete the "ctx->tfm = NULL;" assignment on line 174. return ctx; err_free_tfm: type->free_tfm(ctx->tfm); err_free_ctx: kfree(ctx); err_module_put: module_put(type->owner); return NULL; I have written about this at length on my blog: https://staticthinking.wordpress.com/2022/04/28/free-the-last-thing-style/ 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 193 type->free_tfm(ctx->tfm); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 194 kfree(ctx); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 195 module_put(type->owner); 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 196 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 197 return NULL; 0c47cb96ac404e Vadim Fedorenko 2023-12-01 198 } -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki