From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Kiran Kumar K <kirankumark@marvell.com>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
stable@dpdk.org, Aman Singh <aman.deep.singh@intel.com>,
Gregory Etelson <getelson@nvidia.com>,
Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] app/testpmd: fix flex item allocation overlap
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 11:22:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907182317.570481-3-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907182317.570481-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
flex_item_init() allocates struct flex_item together with the arrays it
points at, and places the first of them at base_size from the start of
the allocation. base_size is the size of the embedded flex_conf rather
than the size of the whole struct, so sample_data starts inside struct
flex_item itself. On x86-64 flex_conf is 112 bytes and struct flex_item
is 128, so sample_data[0] aliases flex_handle and flex_id.
Nothing reads flex_id and flex_handle is assigned after the config has
been consumed, so this is currently harmless, but any new member added
to the struct would be silently overwritten during parsing.
Fixes: 59f3a8acbcdb ("app/testpmd: add flex item commands")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c b/app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c
index e62afe3cb5..f4560d2cec 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmd_flex_item.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ flex_item_init(void)
uint8_t (*pattern)[FLEX_MAX_FLOW_PATTERN_LENGTH];
int i;
- base_size = RTE_ALIGN(sizeof(*conf), sizeof(uintptr_t));
+ base_size = RTE_ALIGN(sizeof(*fp), sizeof(uintptr_t));
samples_size = RTE_ALIGN(FLEX_ITEM_MAX_SAMPLES_NUM *
sizeof(conf->sample_data[0]),
sizeof(uintptr_t));
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 18:22 [PATCH 0/3] app/testpmd: fix more overflow issues Stephen Hemminger
2026-09-07 18:22 ` [PATCH 1/3] app/testpmd: fix stack overflow parsing flex item link Stephen Hemminger
2026-09-07 18:22 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-09-07 18:22 ` [PATCH 3/3] app/testpmd: fix null dereference " Stephen Hemminger
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