This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled net/mlx4: Check retval of mlx4_bitmap_init 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-mlx4-check-retval-of-mlx4_bitmap_init.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 0d9c24133b8d4eabe0ce132cff20a17d826a205c Author: Peter Kosyh <pkosyh@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Nov 17 18:28:06 2022 +0300 net/mlx4: Check retval of mlx4_bitmap_init [ Upstream commit 594c61ffc77de0a197934aa0f1df9285c68801c6 ] If mlx4_bitmap_init fails, mlx4_bitmap_alloc_range will dereference the NULL pointer (bitmap->table). Make sure, that mlx4_bitmap_alloc_range called in no error case. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: d57febe1a478 ("net/mlx4: Add A0 hybrid steering") Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Kosyh <pkosyh@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221117152806.278072-1-pkosyh@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c index 427e7a31862c..d7f2890c254f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c @@ -697,7 +697,8 @@ static int mlx4_create_zones(struct mlx4_dev *dev, err = mlx4_bitmap_init(*bitmap + k, 1, MLX4_QP_TABLE_RAW_ETH_SIZE - 1, 0, 0); - mlx4_bitmap_alloc_range(*bitmap + k, 1, 1, 0); + if (!err) + mlx4_bitmap_alloc_range(*bitmap + k, 1, 1, 0); } if (err)