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From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
	edumazet@google.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming@uniontech.com>,
	anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, arkadiusz.kubalewski@intel.com,
	grzegorz.nitka@intel.com, jiri@resnulli.us,
	vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev,
	Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>,
	Rinitha S <sx.rinitha@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 5/8] ice: dpll: set pointers to NULL after kfree in ice_dpll_deinit_info
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:00:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622220059.2471844-6-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260622220059.2471844-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>

From: ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming@uniontech.com>

ice_dpll_deinit_info() calls kfree() on several pf->dplls fields
(inputs, outputs, eec.input_prio, pps.input_prio) but does not set
the pointers to NULL afterward. This leaves dangling pointers in the
pf->dplls structure.

While not currently exploitable through existing code paths, this is
unsafe because:

1. If ice_dpll_init_info() is called again after a deinit (e.g. during
   driver recovery), and a subsequent allocation within init fails, the
   error path will jump to deinit_info and call ice_dpll_deinit_info()
   again. Since some pointers still hold the old freed addresses, this
   would result in a double-free.

2. Any future code that checks these pointers before use or after free
   would be unprotected against use-after-free.

Follow the common kernel convention of setting pointers to NULL after
kfree() so that:
- kfree(NULL) is a safe no-op, preventing double-free
- NULL checks on these pointers become meaningful

This is a preparatory fix for a subsequent patch that routes additional
error paths in ice_dpll_init_info() to the deinit_info label.

Fixes: d7999f5ea64b ("ice: implement dpll interface to control cgu")
Signed-off-by: ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming@uniontech.com>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Tested-by: Rinitha S <sx.rinitha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
index 462c69cc11e1..3876ee7255ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dpll.c
@@ -4645,9 +4645,13 @@ ice_dpll_init_pins_info(struct ice_pf *pf, enum ice_dpll_pin_type pin_type)
 static void ice_dpll_deinit_info(struct ice_pf *pf)
 {
 	kfree(pf->dplls.inputs);
+	pf->dplls.inputs = NULL;
 	kfree(pf->dplls.outputs);
+	pf->dplls.outputs = NULL;
 	kfree(pf->dplls.eec.input_prio);
+	pf->dplls.eec.input_prio = NULL;
 	kfree(pf->dplls.pps.input_prio);
+	pf->dplls.pps.input_prio = NULL;
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.47.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-22 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-22 22:00 [PATCH net 0/8][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-06-22 (ice, i40e, e1000e) Tony Nguyen
2026-06-22 22:00 ` [PATCH net 1/8] ice: fix FDIR CTRL VSI resource leak in ice_reset_all_vfs() Tony Nguyen
2026-06-22 22:00 ` [PATCH net 2/8] ice: fix AQ error code comparison in ice_set_pauseparam() Tony Nguyen
2026-06-22 22:00 ` [PATCH net 3/8] ice: fix ice_init_link() error return preventing probe Tony Nguyen
2026-06-22 22:00 ` [PATCH net 4/8] ice: call netif_keep_dst() once when entering switchdev mode Tony Nguyen
2026-06-22 22:00 ` Tony Nguyen [this message]
2026-06-22 22:00 ` [PATCH net 6/8] ice: dpll: fix memory leak in ice_dpll_init_info error paths Tony Nguyen
2026-06-22 22:00 ` [PATCH net 7/8] i40e: Fix i40e_debug() to use struct i40e_hw argument Tony Nguyen
2026-06-22 22:00 ` [PATCH net 8/8] e1000e: Reconfigure PLL clock gate timeout and re-enable K1 on Meteor Lake Tony Nguyen
2026-06-25  3:00 ` [PATCH net 0/8][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-06-22 (ice, i40e, e1000e) patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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