idr_find() can return a NULL value to 'flow' which is used without a check. The patch adds a check to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference. In case of mlx5_fpga_sbu_conn_sendmsg() failure, free buf allocated using kzalloc. --- v1: Failed to free buf in case of flow failure. Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c index 5cf5f2a9d51f..1b4e4cb1c082 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/tls.c @@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ int mlx5_fpga_tls_resync_rx(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 handle, u32 seq, rcu_read_lock(); flow = idr_find(&mdev->fpga->tls->rx_idr, ntohl(handle)); rcu_read_unlock(); + if (!flow) { + WARN_ONCE(1, "Received NULL pointer for handle\n"); + kfree(buf); + } mlx5_fpga_tls_flow_to_cmd(flow, cmd); MLX5_SET(tls_cmd, cmd, swid, ntohl(handle)); @@ -238,6 +242,8 @@ int mlx5_fpga_tls_resync_rx(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 handle, u32 seq, buf->complete = mlx_tls_kfree_complete; ret = mlx5_fpga_sbu_conn_sendmsg(mdev->fpga->tls->conn, buf); + if (ret < 0) + kfree(buf); return ret; } -- 2.17.1