[PATCH 6.12 198/242] ice: Fix memory leak in ice_set_ringparam()

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-08T18:47:51Z

From: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>

[ Upstream commit fe868b499d16f55bbeea89992edb98043c9de416 ]

In ice_set_ringparam, tx_rings and xdp_rings are allocated before
rx_rings. If the allocation of rx_rings fails, the code jumps to
the done label leaking both tx_rings and xdp_rings. Furthermore, if
the setup of an individual Rx ring fails during the loop, the code jumps
to the free_tx label which releases tx_rings but leaks xdp_rings.

Fix this by introducing a free_xdp label and updating the error paths to
ensure both xdp_rings and tx_rings are properly freed if rx_rings
allocation or setup fails.

Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool
and code review.

Fixes: fcea6f3da546 ("ice: Add stats and ethtool support")
Fixes: efc2214b6047 ("ice: Add support for XDP")
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Tested-by: Rinitha S <sx.rinitha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
index 606994fa99da9..c0bf93b38cbd8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
@@ -3331,7 +3331,7 @@ ice_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
rx_rings = kcalloc(vsi->num_rxq, sizeof(*rx_rings), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rx_rings) {
err = -ENOMEM;
- goto done;
+ goto free_xdp;
}

ice_for_each_rxq(vsi, i) {
@@ -3361,7 +3361,7 @@ ice_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
}
kfree(rx_rings);
err = -ENOMEM;
- goto free_tx;
+ goto free_xdp;
}
}

@@ -3412,6 +3412,13 @@ ice_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
}
goto done;

+free_xdp:
+ if (xdp_rings) {
+ ice_for_each_xdp_txq(vsi, i)
+ ice_free_tx_ring(&xdp_rings[i]);
+ kfree(xdp_rings);
+ }
+
free_tx:
/* error cleanup if the Rx allocations failed after getting Tx */
if (tx_rings) {
--
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