From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: jgg@ziepe.ca, leon@kernel.org
Cc: kees@kernel.org, eaujames@ddn.com, parav@nvidia.com,
maorg@nvidia.com, rosenp@gmail.com, jiri@resnulli.us,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+4334f9a250019c1b79b4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] RDMA/cache: fix invalid-free of flex-array data_vec in release_gid_table
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 06:58:10 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401012810.11876-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
Commit 74e2711bb2af ("RDMA/core: Use kzalloc_flex for GID table")
converted alloc_gid_table() to use kzalloc_flex(), which allocates
the ib_gid_table struct and its trailing data_vec flex array member
in a single contiguous slab block.
However, release_gid_table() was not updated accordingly and still
calls kfree(table->data_vec), passing a pointer that points 216 bytes
into the middle of the slab object rather than its head. This is an
invalid free which KASAN catches as:
BUG: KASAN: invalid-free in release_gid_table+0x384/0x470
Since data_vec is now a flex array member of ib_gid_table, it is
freed implicitly when kfree(table) is called. Remove the redundant
and invalid kfree(table->data_vec).
Fixes: 74e2711bb2af ("RDMA/core: Use kzalloc_flex for GID table")
Reported-by: syzbot+4334f9a250019c1b79b4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4334f9a250019c1b79b4
Tested-by: syzbot+4334f9a250019c1b79b4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c
index 896486fa6185..647a547e2d7f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c
@@ -801,7 +801,6 @@ static void release_gid_table(struct ib_device *device,
}
mutex_destroy(&table->lock);
- kfree(table->data_vec);
kfree(table);
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-01 1:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-01 1:28 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2026-04-10 11:52 ` [PATCH] RDMA/cache: fix invalid-free of flex-array data_vec in release_gid_table Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-04-10 21:48 ` Jason Gunthorpe
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