Re: [PATCH 0/4] net/axgbe: fix resource leaks and OOB access

Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-06T18:55:39Z

> Patch 2 fixes wrapper_rx_desc_init() which only releases the
> current queue on mbuf allocation failure, leaking all mbufs
> from previously initialized queues.
>
> Patch 3 adds pthread_mutex_destroy() calls in axgbe_dev_close()
> for the four mutexes created during init.
>
> Patch 4 fixes an out-of-bounds read in both Rx and Tx descriptor
> status functions where desc[idx + offset] can exceed the ring
> size. The offset is now folded into the index before masking.
>
>
> Stephen Hemminger (4):
> net/axgbe: fix resource leaks in device init error paths
> net/axgbe: fix Rx queue leak on descriptor init failure
> net/axgbe: destroy mutexes on device close
> net/axgbe: fix descriptor status out-of-bounds access

Since these were code review generated fixes, still holding off for
maintainer of this driver to verify