Patch "Revert "net/mlx5e: fix double free of encap_header"" has been added to the 5.4-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    Revert "net/mlx5e: fix double free of encap_header"

to the 5.4-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:
     revert-net-mlx5e-fix-double-free-of-encap_header.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit edac3835a06786d9868d375efdb6a4b9977bad2a
Author: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Nov 21 13:52:28 2023 +0100

    Revert "net/mlx5e: fix double free of encap_header"
    
    [ Upstream commit 5d089684dc434a31e08d32f0530066d0025c52e4 ]
    
    This reverts commit 6f9b1a0731662648949a1c0587f6acb3b7f8acf1.
    
    This patch is causing a null ptr issue, the proper fix is in the next
    patch.
    
    Fixes: 6f9b1a073166 ("net/mlx5e: fix double free of encap_header")
    Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
index 5a4bee5253ec1..362f01bc8372e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ int mlx5e_tc_tun_create_header_ipv4(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	if (err)
 		goto destroy_neigh_entry;
 
+	e->encap_size = ipv4_encap_size;
+	e->encap_header = encap_header;
+
 	if (!(nud_state & NUD_VALID)) {
 		neigh_event_send(n, NULL);
 		/* the encap entry will be made valid on neigh update event
@@ -306,8 +309,6 @@ int mlx5e_tc_tun_create_header_ipv4(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		goto destroy_neigh_entry;
 	}
 
-	e->encap_size = ipv4_encap_size;
-	e->encap_header = encap_header;
 	e->flags |= MLX5_ENCAP_ENTRY_VALID;
 	mlx5e_rep_queue_neigh_stats_work(netdev_priv(out_dev));
 	neigh_release(n);
@@ -407,6 +408,9 @@ int mlx5e_tc_tun_create_header_ipv6(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	if (err)
 		goto destroy_neigh_entry;
 
+	e->encap_size = ipv6_encap_size;
+	e->encap_header = encap_header;
+
 	if (!(nud_state & NUD_VALID)) {
 		neigh_event_send(n, NULL);
 		/* the encap entry will be made valid on neigh update event
@@ -424,8 +428,6 @@ int mlx5e_tc_tun_create_header_ipv6(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		goto destroy_neigh_entry;
 	}
 
-	e->encap_size = ipv6_encap_size;
-	e->encap_header = encap_header;
 	e->flags |= MLX5_ENCAP_ENTRY_VALID;
 	mlx5e_rep_queue_neigh_stats_work(netdev_priv(out_dev));
 	neigh_release(n);