Re: [PATCH] RDMA/uverbs: fix umem release in UVERBS_METHOD_CQ_CREATE

[Shuhao Fu <sfual@cse.ust.hk>]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 09:48:54PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 12:40:26AM +0800, Shuhao Fu wrote:
> > In `UVERBS_METHOD_CQ_CREATE`, umem should be released if anything goes
> > wrong. Currently, if `create_cq_umem` fails, umem would not be
> > released or referenced, causing a possible leak.
> 
> It is only partially true. UMEM is released inside .create_cq_umem()
> implementation. However there is an issue there that it doesn't release
> in all flows. You need to change efa_create_cq_umem() too.
> 

My apologies for overlooking the umem release in `.create_cq_umem`. I have
sent out patch v2 [1] for this issue. In v2, the driver should not release
umem on failure, avoiding possible double free here.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/aOh1le4YqtYwj-hH@osx.local/

> > 
> > Fixes: 1a40c362ae26 ("RDMA/uverbs: Add a common way to create CQ with umem")
> > Signed-off-by: Shuhao Fu <sfual@cse.ust.hk>
> > ---
> >  drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_cq.c | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_cq.c
> > index 37cd37556510..9344020dede1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_cq.c
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_cq.c
> > @@ -193,8 +193,10 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(UVERBS_METHOD_CQ_CREATE)(
> >  
> >  	ret = umem ? ib_dev->ops.create_cq_umem(cq, &attr, umem, attrs) :
> >  		ib_dev->ops.create_cq(cq, &attr, attrs);
> > -	if (ret)
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		ib_umem_release(umem);
> >  		goto err_free;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	obj->uevent.uobject.object = cq;
> >  	obj->uevent.uobject.user_handle = user_handle;
> > -- 
> > 2.39.5
> > 
> >