On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:16:46AM +0100, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> Following crash happens, if crc algorithm couldn't be allocated:
>
> [ 1087.989072] rdma_rxe: loaded
> [ 1097.855397] PCLMULQDQ-NI instructions are not detected.
> [ 1097.901220] rdma_rxe: failed to allocate crc algorithmi err:-2
> [ 1097.901248] BUG: unable to handle kernel
> [ 1097.901249] NULL pointer dereference
> [ 1097.901250] at 0000000000000046
> [...]
>
> Reason is that rxe->tfm is assigned the error return, which will then
> be used for crypto_free_shash() in rxe_cleanup. Fix by using a
> temporary variable and assigning it rxe->tfm after allocation succeeded.
>
> Fixes: cee2688e3cd6 ("IB/rxe: Offload CRC calculation when possible")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tbogendoerfer@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
> index ff77f4f66970..d03002b9d84d 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
> @@ -1192,6 +1192,7 @@ int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
> int err;
> int i;
> struct ib_device *dev = &rxe->ib_dev;
> + struct crypto_shash *tfm;
>
> strlcpy(dev->name, "rxe%d", IB_DEVICE_NAME_MAX);
> strlcpy(dev->node_desc, "rxe", sizeof(dev->node_desc));
> @@ -1289,12 +1290,13 @@ int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
> dev->get_hw_stats = rxe_ib_get_hw_stats;
> dev->alloc_hw_stats = rxe_ib_alloc_hw_stats;
>
> - rxe->tfm = crypto_alloc_shash("crc32", 0, 0);
> - if (IS_ERR(rxe->tfm)) {
> + tfm = crypto_alloc_shash("crc32", 0, 0);
> + if (IS_ERR(tfm)) {
> pr_err("failed to allocate crc algorithm err:%ld\n",
> - PTR_ERR(rxe->tfm));
> - return PTR_ERR(rxe->tfm);
> + PTR_ERR(tfm));
> + return PTR_ERR(tfm);
> }
> + rxe->tfm = tfm;
Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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