This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled net/qlcnic: Fix a use after free in qlcnic_83xx_get_minidump_template to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: net-qlcnic-fix-a-use-after-free-in-qlcnic_83xx_get_m.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 636e22ecfbcb7c7d865755b9970e17309be9558d Author: Lv Yunlong <lyl2019@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Mar 10 20:01:40 2021 -0800 net/qlcnic: Fix a use after free in qlcnic_83xx_get_minidump_template [ Upstream commit db74623a3850db99cb9692fda9e836a56b74198d ] In qlcnic_83xx_get_minidump_template, fw_dump->tmpl_hdr was freed by vfree(). But unfortunately, it is used when extended is true. Fixes: 7061b2bdd620e ("qlogic: Deletion of unnecessary checks before two function calls") Signed-off-by: Lv Yunlong <lyl2019@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_minidump.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_minidump.c index f34ae8c75bc5..61a39d167c8b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_minidump.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_minidump.c @@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ void qlcnic_83xx_get_minidump_template(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter) if (fw_dump->tmpl_hdr == NULL || current_version > prev_version) { vfree(fw_dump->tmpl_hdr); + fw_dump->tmpl_hdr = NULL; if (qlcnic_83xx_md_check_extended_dump_capability(adapter)) extended = !qlcnic_83xx_extend_md_capab(adapter); @@ -1444,6 +1445,8 @@ void qlcnic_83xx_get_minidump_template(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter) struct qlcnic_83xx_dump_template_hdr *hdr; hdr = fw_dump->tmpl_hdr; + if (!hdr) + return; hdr->drv_cap_mask = 0x1f; fw_dump->cap_mask = 0x1f; dev_info(&pdev->dev,