From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Raju.Rangoju@amd.com
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2/3] net: amd-xgbe: add ARP offload ethtool self-test
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 18:37:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260203023713.896262-1-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260202153542.1727429-3-Raju.Rangoju@amd.com>
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net: amd-xgbe: add ARP offload ethtool self-test
This patch adds an ethtool self-test to verify the hardware ARP offload
functionality. The test creates an ARP request, enables ARP offload, and
verifies the hardware responds with an ARP reply.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-selftest.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-selftest.c
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-selftest.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-selftest.c
[ ... ]
> +static int xgbe_test_arpoffload(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
> +{
[ ... ]
> + tdata->pt.type = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
> + tdata->pt.func = xgbe_test_arp_validate;
> + tdata->pt.dev = pdata->netdev;
> + tdata->pt.af_packet_priv = tdata;
> + tdata->packet = &attr;
> + dev_add_pack(&tdata->pt);
[ ... ]
> + /* Create ARP request packet */
> + skb = arp_create(ARPOP_REQUEST, ETH_P_ARP, htonl(dst_ip),
> + pdata->netdev, htonl(src_ip), NULL, src, bcast);
> + if (!skb) {
> + ret = -ENOMEM;
> + goto free;
> + }
Can this cause a use-after-free? The packet handler is registered via
dev_add_pack() before arp_create() is called. When arp_create() fails,
'goto free' jumps directly to kfree(tdata) without calling
dev_remove_pack(&tdata->pt).
This leaves the packet handler registered with a dangling pointer
(tdata->pt.af_packet_priv = tdata). When any ARP packet subsequently
arrives, xgbe_test_arp_validate() is called and dereferences freed memory:
struct net_test_priv *tdata = pt->af_packet_priv;
...
if (!ether_addr_equal_unaligned(eth_hdr->h_dest, tdata->packet->src))
Should 'goto free' be changed to 'goto cleanup' here to ensure
dev_remove_pack() is called?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-03 2:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-02 15:35 [PATCH 0/3] net: amd-xgbe: add ARP offload and RSS self-tests Raju Rangoju
2026-02-02 15:35 ` [PATCH 1/3] net: amd-xgbe: add hardware ARP offload support Raju Rangoju
2026-02-02 15:35 ` [PATCH 2/3] net: amd-xgbe: add ARP offload ethtool self-test Raju Rangoju
2026-02-03 2:00 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-03 2:37 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-02-02 15:35 ` [PATCH 3/3] net: amd-xgbe: add RSS " Raju Rangoju
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