This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow to the 6.11-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-ct-fix-null-ptr-deref-in-add-rule-err-flow.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.11 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit f8d3a5df283312a456d5a3998523026991257cff Author: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Nov 7 20:35:26 2024 +0200 net/mlx5e: CT: Fix null-ptr-deref in add rule err flow [ Upstream commit e99c6873229fe0482e7ceb7d5600e32d623ed9d9 ] In error flow of mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule(), in case ct_rule_add() callback returns error, zone_rule->attr is used uninitiated. Fix it to use attr which has the needed pointer value. Kernel log: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000110 RIP: 0010:mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] … Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x20/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x150/0x3e0 ? exc_page_fault+0x74/0x140 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x2b1/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] ? mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule+0x1d5/0x2f0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_tc_ct_block_flow_offload+0xc6a/0xf90 [mlx5_core] ? nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table] nf_flow_offload_tuple+0xd8/0x190 [nf_flow_table] flow_offload_work_handler+0x142/0x320 [nf_flow_table] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x15b/0x2b0 process_one_work+0x16c/0x320 worker_thread+0x28c/0x3a0 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xb8/0xf0 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Fixes: 7fac5c2eced3 ("net/mlx5: CT: Avoid reusing modify header context for natted entries") Signed-off-by: Moshe Shemesh <moshe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241107183527.676877-7-tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c index 71a168746ebe2..deabed1d46a14 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ mlx5_tc_ct_entry_add_rule(struct mlx5_tc_ct_priv *ct_priv, return 0; err_rule: - mlx5_tc_ct_entry_destroy_mod_hdr(ct_priv, zone_rule->attr, zone_rule->mh); + mlx5_tc_ct_entry_destroy_mod_hdr(ct_priv, attr, zone_rule->mh); mlx5_put_label_mapping(ct_priv, attr->ct_attr.ct_labels_id); err_mod_hdr: kfree(attr);