From: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
To: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, magnus.karlsson@intel.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, jacob.e.keller@intel.com,
Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 net 5/7] i40e: fix potential UAF in i40e_vsi_setup()'s error path
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 14:45:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260701124524.13644-6-maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260701124524.13644-1-maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Sashiko pointed out an issue where error path in i40e_vsi_reinit_setup()
released ring memory but then when freeing q_vectors, the rings mapped
to q_vectors where touched which implies a regular use-after-free bug.
Apparently i40e_vsi_setup() has the same problem, so swap the allocation
and freeing order and fix the 13 year old bug.
Fixes: 41c445ff0f48 ("i40e: main driver core")
Signed-off-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index e88cf7cfbd84..fcdd13af08ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -14466,14 +14466,14 @@ struct i40e_vsi *i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf, u8 type,
fallthrough;
case I40E_VSI_FDIR:
/* set up vectors and rings if needed */
- ret = i40e_vsi_setup_vectors(vsi);
- if (ret)
- goto err_msix;
-
ret = i40e_alloc_rings(vsi);
if (ret)
goto err_rings;
+ ret = i40e_vsi_setup_vectors(vsi);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_qvec;
+
/* map all of the rings to the q_vectors */
i40e_vsi_map_rings_to_vectors(vsi);
@@ -14493,10 +14493,10 @@ struct i40e_vsi *i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf, u8 type,
return vsi;
err_config:
+ i40e_vsi_free_q_vectors(vsi);
+err_qvec:
i40e_vsi_clear_rings(vsi);
err_rings:
- i40e_vsi_free_q_vectors(vsi);
-err_msix:
if (vsi->netdev_registered) {
vsi->netdev_registered = false;
unregister_netdev(vsi->netdev);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-01 12:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-01 12:45 [PATCH v5 net 0/7] i40e: re-init and UAF fixes Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-07-01 12:45 ` [PATCH v5 net 1/7] i40e: unregister netdev before clearing VSI on reinit failure Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-07-01 12:45 ` [PATCH v5 net 2/7] i40e: avoid null ptr dereference in i40e_ptp_stop() Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-07-01 12:45 ` [PATCH v5 net 3/7] i40e: make ring pointers unreachable before freeing via rcu Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-07-01 12:45 ` [PATCH v5 net 4/7] i40e: avoid deadlock when calling unregister_netdev() Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-07-01 12:45 ` Maciej Fijalkowski [this message]
2026-07-01 12:45 ` [PATCH v5 net 6/7] i40e: do not expose netdev too early Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-07-01 12:45 ` [PATCH v5 net 7/7] i40e: keep q_vectors array in sync with channel count changes Maciej Fijalkowski
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