From: Manish Kurup <manish.kurup@broadcom.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: kishore.padmanabha@broadcom.com,
Dakota Sicher <dakota.sicher@broadcom.com>,
stable@dpdk.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] net/bnxt: replace VLA with heap allocation
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 10:17:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261005151727.1706155-3-manish.kurup@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261005151727.1706155-1-manish.kurup@broadcom.com>
From: Dakota Sicher <dakota.sicher@broadcom.com>
ulp_mapper_blob_block_swap() used a variable-length array on the
stack sized by caller input for swap memory. Use a heap allocation
instead to avoid unbounded stack growth.
Fixes: dd0191d5e70d ("net/bnxt/tf_ulp: support Thor2 ULP layer")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Dakota Sicher <dakota.sicher@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Manish Kurup <manish.kurup@broadcom.com>
---
drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_mapper_tfc.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_mapper_tfc.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_mapper_tfc.c
index 2d89f10d5e..934634c606 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_mapper_tfc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/ulp_mapper_tfc.c
@@ -388,9 +388,8 @@ static const char * const mpc_error_str[] = {
static int32_t
ulp_mapper_blob_block_swap(struct ulp_blob *blob, uint32_t block_sz)
{
- uint8_t data[block_sz]; /* size of a block for temp storage */
uint16_t num_words, data_sz;
- uint8_t *pdata;
+ uint8_t *pdata, *data;
int i;
/* Shouldn't happen since it is internal function, but check anyway */
@@ -407,6 +406,12 @@ ulp_mapper_blob_block_swap(struct ulp_blob *blob, uint32_t block_sz)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ data = rte_zmalloc(NULL, block_sz, 0);
+ if (unlikely(!data)) {
+ BNXT_DRV_DBG(ERR, "Failed to allocate swap buffer");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
num_words = data_sz / block_sz;
for (i = 0; i < num_words / 2; i++) {
memcpy(data, &pdata[i * block_sz], block_sz);
@@ -415,6 +420,7 @@ ulp_mapper_blob_block_swap(struct ulp_blob *blob, uint32_t block_sz)
memcpy(&pdata[(num_words - 1 - i) * block_sz],
data, block_sz);
}
+ rte_free(data);
return 0;
}
--
2.31.1
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-05 15:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-05 15:17 [PATCH 0/2] net/bnxt: fix two ULP parser/mapper safety issues Manish Kurup
2026-10-05 15:17 ` [PATCH 1/2] net/bnxt: cap memcpy at field size Manish Kurup
2026-10-05 15:17 ` Manish Kurup [this message]
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