This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc()
to the 5.15-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-mlx5e-fix-null-deref-in-mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 6bc091a249437e93411c87e301fd1b79813c25df
Author: Elena Salomatkina <esalomatkina@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Sep 24 19:00:18 2024 +0300
net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc()
[ Upstream commit f25389e779500cf4a59ef9804534237841bce536 ]
In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL
which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference
to the modify field.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Fixes: a6696735d694 ("net/mlx5e: Convert TIR to a dedicated object")
Signed-off-by: Elena Salomatkina <esalomatkina@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Gal Pressman <gal@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/tir.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
index a1afb8585e37f..ae64d22d21613 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ struct mlx5e_tir_builder *mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc(bool modify)
struct mlx5e_tir_builder *builder;
builder = kvzalloc(sizeof(*builder), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!builder)
+ return NULL;
+
builder->modify = modify;
return builder;
