* [PATCH net v2 1/2] net/stmmac: Set Rx queue page_pool to NULL when freeing DMA resources
2026-07-07 17:41 ` [PATCH net 0/2] net/stmmac: Secure against failures of DMA memory allocation Jakub Raczynski
@ 2026-07-07 17:41 ` Jakub Raczynski
2026-07-07 17:41 ` [PATCH net 2/2] net/stmmac: Prevent dma queue NULL free on allocation failure Jakub Raczynski
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From: Jakub Raczynski @ 2026-07-07 17:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: k.tegowski, k.domagalski, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba,
pabeni, mcoquelin.stm32, alexandre.torgue, linux-stm32,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, Jakub Raczynski,
Maxime Chevallier
When freeing RX descriptor resources, there is standard clearing of
descriptor page_pool via page_pool_destroy() which does destroy
page but does not set its pointer to NULL, which must be done by driver
calling this function.
It is not done in __free_dma_rx_desc_resources() when stopping interface,
which is generally not an issue, because __alloc_dma_rx_desc_resources() does
setup this regardless of previous state.
But above is true assuming reinitialization is successful.
In case of failure of page_pool_create() in __alloc_dma_rx_desc_resources(),
all non-NULL pages will be freed, including those already cleared.
So there is possible kernel panic due to wrong paging request at address.
Fix this by assigning NULL to page_pool pointer on free.
Also remove NULL check as page_pool_destroy() does check for NULL param.
Fixes: da5ec7f22a0f1 ("net: stmmac: refactor stmmac_init_rx_buffers for stmmac_reinit_rx_buffers")
Signed-off-by: Yashwant Varur <yashwant.v@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Raczynski <j.raczynski@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 2a0d7eff88d3..3098971e0b66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2172,8 +2172,8 @@ static void __free_dma_rx_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&rx_q->xdp_rxq);
kfree(rx_q->buf_pool);
- if (rx_q->page_pool)
- page_pool_destroy(rx_q->page_pool);
+ page_pool_destroy(rx_q->page_pool);
+ rx_q->page_pool = NULL;
}
static void free_dma_rx_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
--
2.34.1
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2026-07-07 17:41 ` [PATCH net 0/2] net/stmmac: Secure against failures of DMA memory allocation Jakub Raczynski
2026-07-07 17:41 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] net/stmmac: Set Rx queue page_pool to NULL when freeing DMA resources Jakub Raczynski
@ 2026-07-07 17:41 ` Jakub Raczynski
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From: Jakub Raczynski @ 2026-07-07 17:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: k.tegowski, k.domagalski, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba,
pabeni, mcoquelin.stm32, alexandre.torgue, linux-stm32,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, Jakub Raczynski, Sashiko AI
During allocation of RX/TX descriptor resources and its DMA,
there is verification of failed dma_alloc_coherent() due to lack of memory.
In case of that failure, all allocated resources are freed instantly after,
but there are no checks for dma_free_coherent() whether previous step has
failed.
This will generally result in panic due to freeing NULL address.
Fix it by adding NULL verification of memory that is to be freed.
Theoretically code should also set address of pointed memory to zero when
freeing, but currently the only path of invalid address is non intialized zero,
and there is no case possible of double-free of same memory.
Fixes: e73b19baa3b1c ("net: stmmac: simplify DMA descriptor allocation/init/freeing")
Reported-by: Sashiko AI <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Raczynski <j.raczynski@samsung.com>
---
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 3098971e0b66..187d9bbc61d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2146,7 +2146,6 @@ static void __free_dma_rx_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
u32 queue)
{
struct stmmac_rx_queue *rx_q = &dma_conf->rx_queue[queue];
- size_t size;
void *addr;
/* Release the DMA RX socket buffers */
@@ -2164,9 +2163,12 @@ static void __free_dma_rx_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
else
addr = rx_q->dma_rx;
- size = stmmac_get_rx_desc_size(priv) * dma_conf->dma_rx_size;
+ if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(addr)) {
+ size_t size;
+ size = stmmac_get_rx_desc_size(priv) * dma_conf->dma_rx_size;
- dma_free_coherent(priv->device, size, addr, rx_q->dma_rx_phy);
+ dma_free_coherent(priv->device, size, addr, rx_q->dma_rx_phy);
+ }
if (xdp_rxq_info_is_reg(&rx_q->xdp_rxq))
xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&rx_q->xdp_rxq);
@@ -2198,7 +2200,6 @@ static void __free_dma_tx_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
u32 queue)
{
struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q = &dma_conf->tx_queue[queue];
- size_t size;
void *addr;
/* Release the DMA TX socket buffers */
@@ -2212,9 +2213,12 @@ static void __free_dma_tx_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
addr = tx_q->dma_tx;
}
- size = stmmac_get_tx_desc_size(priv, tx_q) * dma_conf->dma_tx_size;
+ if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(addr)) {
+ size_t size;
+ size = stmmac_get_tx_desc_size(priv, tx_q) * dma_conf->dma_tx_size;
- dma_free_coherent(priv->device, size, addr, tx_q->dma_tx_phy);
+ dma_free_coherent(priv->device, size, addr, tx_q->dma_tx_phy);
+ }
kfree(tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma);
kfree(tx_q->tx_skbuff);
--
2.34.1
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