Re: [PATCH net] s390/ism: folio_put() after error

[Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com>]

On Wed, 2026-09-02 at 16:37 +0200, Alexandra Winter wrote:
> dmb->cpu_addr was allocated via folio_alloc(). Use folio_put() instead of
> kfree() in the error exit of ism_alloc_dmb() to avoid slab allocator
> corruption.
> 
> While at it, reset dmb->cpu_addr after folio_put to avoid unintentional UAF
> by future callers.
> 
> Fixes: 83781384a96b ("s390/ism: Properly fix receive message buffer allocation")
> Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c b/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
> index 242da20f27e0..035b233abb4e 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/net/ism_drv.c
> @@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ static void ism_free_dmb(struct ism_dev *ism, struct dibs_dmb *dmb)
>  	dma_unmap_page(&ism->pdev->dev, dmb->dma_addr, dmb->dmb_len,
>  		       DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>  	folio_put(virt_to_folio(dmb->cpu_addr));
> +	dmb->cpu_addr = NULL;
>  }
>  
>  static int ism_alloc_dmb(struct ism_dev *ism, struct dibs_dmb *dmb)
> @@ -274,7 +275,8 @@ static int ism_alloc_dmb(struct ism_dev *ism, struct dibs_dmb *dmb)
>  	return 0;
>  
>  out_free:
> -	kfree(dmb->cpu_addr);
> +	folio_put(folio);
> +	dmb->cpu_addr = NULL;
>  out_bit:
>  	clear_bit(dmb->idx, ism->sba_bitmap);
>  	return rc;

Hi Alexandra,

thank you for catching and addressing these flaws in my patch. Feel
free to accept my

Reviewed-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com>

Thanks!