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* [PATCH net 0/2] devlink: do not dereference a missing param item or shared buffer
@ 2026-10-30  3:30 Linkui Xiao
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Linkui Xiao @ 2026-10-30  3:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jiri, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, netdev
  Cc: linux-kernel, Linkui Xiao

From: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@kylinos.cn>

Two devlink helpers look an object up by id or index, warn when the
lookup fails, and then pass the NULL result to code that dereferences
it. A driver mistake (a param_id that was never registered, an sb_index
that was never registered or is unregistered twice) therefore costs an
oops instead of a warning.

  1/2 param: devl_param_value_changed() hands the missing param item to
      devlink_param_notify() -> devlink_nl_param_fill(), whose first
      statement dereferences param_item->param.

  2/2 sb: devl_sb_unregister() runs list_del() on the missing shared
      buffer; list is the first member of struct devlink_sb, so it
      reads and writes through address 0.

In both cases every other user of the same lookup already returns right
after the warning, so the fixes just align the remaining callers; there
is no change of behavior beyond avoiding the dereference. The param side
follows the example Jiri set for devlink_param_unregister():

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230126075838.1643665-5-jiri@resnulli.us/

Both Fixes: tags point at the commits that introduced the unguarded
WARN_ON pattern; the current devl_() functions are pure renames of those
originals. No in-tree caller triggers either path today (the audit is
part of a defensive hardening pass), so both are aimed at stopping
out-of-tree drivers from turning a driver bug into an oops.

Linkui Xiao (2):
  devlink: param: do not dereference a missing param item
  devlink: sb: do not dereference a missing shared buffer

 net/devlink/param.c | 3 ++-
 net/devlink/sb.c    | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

-- 
2.25.1


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* [PATCH net 0/2] devlink: do not dereference a missing param item or shared buffer
@ 2026-10-30  3:33 Linkui Xiao
  2026-10-30  3:33 ` [PATCH net 1/2] devlink: param: do not dereference a missing param item Linkui Xiao
  2026-10-30  3:33 ` [PATCH net 2/2] devlink: sb: do not dereference a missing shared buffer Linkui Xiao
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Linkui Xiao @ 2026-10-30  3:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jiri, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, netdev
  Cc: linux-kernel, Linkui Xiao

From: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@kylinos.cn>

Two devlink helpers look an object up by id or index, warn when the
lookup fails, and then pass the NULL result to code that dereferences
it. A driver mistake (a param_id that was never registered, an sb_index
that was never registered or is unregistered twice) therefore costs an
oops instead of a warning.

  1/2 param: devl_param_value_changed() hands the missing param item to
      devlink_param_notify() -> devlink_nl_param_fill(), whose first
      statement dereferences param_item->param.

  2/2 sb: devl_sb_unregister() runs list_del() on the missing shared
      buffer; list is the first member of struct devlink_sb, so it
      reads and writes through address 0.

In both cases every other user of the same lookup already returns right
after the warning, so the fixes just align the remaining callers; there
is no change of behavior beyond avoiding the dereference. The param side
follows the example Jiri set for devlink_param_unregister():

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230126075838.1643665-5-jiri@resnulli.us/

Both Fixes: tags point at the commits that introduced the unguarded
WARN_ON pattern; the current devl_() functions are pure renames of those
originals. No in-tree caller triggers either path today (the audit is
part of a defensive hardening pass), so both are aimed at stopping
out-of-tree drivers from turning a driver bug into an oops.

Linkui Xiao (2):
  devlink: param: do not dereference a missing param item
  devlink: sb: do not dereference a missing shared buffer

 net/devlink/param.c | 3 ++-
 net/devlink/sb.c    | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

-- 
2.25.1


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* [PATCH net 1/2] devlink: param: do not dereference a missing param item
  2026-10-30  3:33 [PATCH net 0/2] devlink: do not dereference a missing param item or shared buffer Linkui Xiao
@ 2026-10-30  3:33 ` Linkui Xiao
  2026-10-30  3:33 ` [PATCH net 2/2] devlink: sb: do not dereference a missing shared buffer Linkui Xiao
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Linkui Xiao @ 2026-10-30  3:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jiri, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms
  Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, Linkui Xiao

From: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@kylinos.cn>

devl_param_value_changed() looks the param item up by id and only warns
when the lookup fails. devlink_param_notify() is called with the result
regardless, and devlink_nl_param_fill() dereferences param_item->param
in its very first statement, so a driver that passes a param_id which is
not registered on this instance turns the warning into a NULL pointer
dereference.

Every other user of devlink_param_find_by_id() handles the NULL result:
devlink_param_unregister() and devl_param_driverinit_value_set() return
right after the same warning, devl_param_driverinit_value_get() returns
-EINVAL. Do the same here so that a bogus param_id costs a warning
instead of an oops.

Fixes: ea601e170988 ("devlink: Add devlink notifications support for params")
Signed-off-by: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@kylinos.cn>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230126075838.1643665-5-jiri@resnulli.us/
---
 net/devlink/param.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/devlink/param.c b/net/devlink/param.c
index 95ac9db8c993..474fe009f22d 100644
--- a/net/devlink/param.c
+++ b/net/devlink/param.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,8 @@ void devl_param_value_changed(struct devlink *devlink, u32 param_id)
 	struct devlink_param_item *param_item;
 
 	param_item = devlink_param_find_by_id(&devlink->params, param_id);
-	WARN_ON(!param_item);
+	if (WARN_ON(!param_item))
+		return;
 
 	devlink_param_notify(devlink, 0, param_item, DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_NEW);
 }
-- 
2.25.1


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* [PATCH net 2/2] devlink: sb: do not dereference a missing shared buffer
  2026-10-30  3:33 [PATCH net 0/2] devlink: do not dereference a missing param item or shared buffer Linkui Xiao
  2026-10-30  3:33 ` [PATCH net 1/2] devlink: param: do not dereference a missing param item Linkui Xiao
@ 2026-10-30  3:33 ` Linkui Xiao
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Linkui Xiao @ 2026-10-30  3:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jiri, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms
  Cc: netdev, linux-kernel, Linkui Xiao

From: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@kylinos.cn>

devl_sb_unregister() looks the shared buffer up by index and only warns
when it is not on the list. list_del() and kfree() are then called on the
NULL result, so unregistering an index that was never registered, or
unregistering the same index twice, turns the warning into a NULL pointer
dereference. list is the first member of struct devlink_sb, so list_del()
reads the next and prev pointers from address 0 before storing to them.

The register side already fails gracefully: devl_sb_register() returns
-EEXIST when the index is taken. Make the unregister side symmetric and
return after the warning.

Fixes: bf7974710a40 ("devlink: add shared buffer configuration")
Signed-off-by: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@kylinos.cn>
---
 net/devlink/sb.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/devlink/sb.c b/net/devlink/sb.c
index 129bd016e302..4b444f2ca0f5 100644
--- a/net/devlink/sb.c
+++ b/net/devlink/sb.c
@@ -980,7 +980,8 @@ void devl_sb_unregister(struct devlink *devlink, unsigned int sb_index)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&devlink->lock);
 
 	devlink_sb = devlink_sb_get_by_index(devlink, sb_index);
-	WARN_ON(!devlink_sb);
+	if (WARN_ON(!devlink_sb))
+		return;
 	list_del(&devlink_sb->list);
 	kfree(devlink_sb);
 }
-- 
2.25.1


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