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octeontx2-pf: Fix potential use after free in otx2_tc_add_flow()
authorDan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:19:11 +0000 (14:19 +0300)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:04:34 +0000 (11:04 +0200)
This code calls kfree_rcu(new_node, rcu) and then dereferences "new_node"
and then dereferences it on the next line.  Two lines later, we take
a mutex so I don't think this is an RCU safe region.  Re-order it to do
the dereferences before queuing up the free.

Fixes: 68fbff68dbea ("octeontx2-pf: Add police action for TC flower")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aNKCL1jKwK8GRJHh@stanley.mountain
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c

index 5f80b23c5335cd0c86fdb6c421edeebbfa50543c..26a08d2cfbb1b6408a06f244cb5bf13ba83207b3 100644 (file)
@@ -1326,7 +1326,6 @@ static int otx2_tc_add_flow(struct otx2_nic *nic,
 
 free_leaf:
        otx2_tc_del_from_flow_list(flow_cfg, new_node);
-       kfree_rcu(new_node, rcu);
        if (new_node->is_act_police) {
                mutex_lock(&nic->mbox.lock);
 
@@ -1346,6 +1345,7 @@ free_leaf:
 
                mutex_unlock(&nic->mbox.lock);
        }
+       kfree_rcu(new_node, rcu);
 
        return rc;
 }