From: Prathamesh Deshpande <prathameshdeshpande7@gmail.com>
To: jgg@ziepe.ca, leon@kernel.org
Cc: yishaih@mellanox.com, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Prathamesh Deshpande <prathameshdeshpande7@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH rdma v1] RDMA/mlx5: Fix devx subscribe-event unwind NULL dereference
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:59:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260425010107.19586-1-prathameshdeshpande7@gmail.com> (raw)
MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT() links event_sub into sub_list
before initializing the fields used by the shared error path.
If eventfd_ctx_fdget() then fails, the unwind path dereferences
event_sub->ev_file in uverbs_uobject_put() and calls
subscribe_event_xa_dealloc() with event_sub->xa_key_level1 still unset.
Also, if kzalloc_obj() for event_sub fails after
subscribe_event_xa_alloc() succeeds, the current iteration is not yet
tracked in sub_list, so the shared unwind path cannot undo the XA
allocation.
Initialize the shared-unwind fields before linking event_sub into
sub_list and explicitly unwind the XA allocation on event_sub allocation
failure.
Fixes: 759738537142 ("IB/mlx5: Enable subscription for device events over DEVX")
Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Deshpande <prathameshdeshpande7@gmail.com>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 645ebcc0832d..3d1528b1c816 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -2160,10 +2160,16 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT)(
event_sub = kzalloc_obj(*event_sub);
if (!event_sub) {
+ subscribe_event_xa_dealloc(devx_event_table,
+ key_level1,
+ obj,
+ obj_id);
err = -ENOMEM;
goto err;
}
+ event_sub->ev_file = ev_file;
+ event_sub->xa_key_level1 = key_level1;
list_add_tail(&event_sub->event_list, &sub_list);
uverbs_uobject_get(&ev_file->uobj);
if (use_eventfd) {
@@ -2178,9 +2184,6 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT)(
}
event_sub->cookie = cookie;
- event_sub->ev_file = ev_file;
- /* May be needed upon cleanup the devx object/subscription */
- event_sub->xa_key_level1 = key_level1;
event_sub->xa_key_level2 = obj_id;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event_sub->obj_list);
}
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-25 1:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-25 0:59 Prathamesh Deshpande [this message]
2026-04-27 12:16 ` [PATCH rdma v1] RDMA/mlx5: Fix devx subscribe-event unwind NULL dereference Yishai Hadas
2026-04-28 14:55 ` Yishai Hadas
2026-04-28 22:49 ` Prathamesh Deshpande
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