[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

When auxiliary_device_add() fails, the aux_dev_uninit label calls
auxiliary_device_uninit() and falls through to sf_dev_free and xa_erase.
The uninit invokes ice_sf_dev_release(), which already frees sf_dev via
kfree() and erases the entry from ice_sf_aux_id.  The fall-through then
double-frees sf_dev and double-erases the id.

This is reachable from userspace via the devlink port function state-set
netlink command.

Fix this by returning right after uninit because the release callback
handles all cleanup correctly.

Cc: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Cc: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Piotr Raczynski <piotr.raczynski@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
Fixes: 177ef7f1e2a0 ("ice: base subfunction aux driver")
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: gregkh_clanker_t1000
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
index 2cf04bc6edce..6bc8aa896762 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ ice_sf_eth_activate(struct ice_dynamic_port *dyn_port,
 	return 0;
 
 aux_dev_uninit:
+	/* ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev and erases the xa entry */
 	auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev);
+	return err;
 sf_dev_free:
 	kfree(sf_dev);
 xa_erase:
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path

[Loktionov, Aleksandr]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@osuosl.org> On Behalf
> Of Greg Kroah-Hartman
> Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2026 5:11 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>; Kitszel, Przemyslaw
> <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>; Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>;
> David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>; Eric Dumazet
> <edumazet@google.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Paolo Abeni
> <pabeni@redhat.com>; Piotr Raczynski <piotr.raczynski@intel.com>; Jiri
> Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>; Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>; Michal
> Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>; stable
> <stable@kernel.org>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix double free in
> ice_sf_eth_activate() error path
> 
> When auxiliary_device_add() fails, the aux_dev_uninit label calls
> auxiliary_device_uninit() and falls through to sf_dev_free and
> xa_erase.
> The uninit invokes ice_sf_dev_release(), which already frees sf_dev
> via
> kfree() and erases the entry from ice_sf_aux_id.  The fall-through
> then double-frees sf_dev and double-erases the id.
> 
> This is reachable from userspace via the devlink port function state-
> set netlink command.
> 
> Fix this by returning right after uninit because the release callback
> handles all cleanup correctly.
> 
> Cc: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
> Cc: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> Cc: Piotr Raczynski <piotr.raczynski@intel.com>
> Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
> Cc: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
> Fixes: 177ef7f1e2a0 ("ice: base subfunction aux driver")
> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
> Assisted-by: gregkh_clanker_t1000
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> index 2cf04bc6edce..6bc8aa896762 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> @@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ ice_sf_eth_activate(struct ice_dynamic_port
> *dyn_port,
>  	return 0;
> 
>  aux_dev_uninit:
> +	/* ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev and erases the xa entry */
>  	auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev);
> +	return err;
>  sf_dev_free:
>  	kfree(sf_dev);
>  xa_erase:
> --
> 2.53.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>

Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Greg,


Thank you for the patch.

Am 09.04.26 um 17:11 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> When auxiliary_device_add() fails, the aux_dev_uninit label calls
> auxiliary_device_uninit() and falls through to sf_dev_free and xa_erase.
> The uninit invokes ice_sf_dev_release(), which already frees sf_dev via
> kfree() and erases the entry from ice_sf_aux_id.  The fall-through then
> double-frees sf_dev and double-erases the id.
> 
> This is reachable from userspace via the devlink port function state-set
> netlink command.
> 
> Fix this by returning right after uninit because the release callback
> handles all cleanup correctly.
> 
> Cc: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
> Cc: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> Cc: Piotr Raczynski <piotr.raczynski@intel.com>
> Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
> Cc: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
> Fixes: 177ef7f1e2a0 ("ice: base subfunction aux driver")
> Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
> Assisted-by: gregkh_clanker_t1000
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> index 2cf04bc6edce..6bc8aa896762 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sf_eth.c
> @@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ ice_sf_eth_activate(struct ice_dynamic_port *dyn_port,
>   	return 0;
>   
>   aux_dev_uninit:
> +	/* ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev and erases the xa entry */
>   	auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev);
> +	return err;
>   sf_dev_free:
>   	kfree(sf_dev);
>   xa_erase:

Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>


Kind regards,

Paul