From: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
<netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>, Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>,
"Wentao Liang" <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>, <mlxsw@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/2] mlxsw: spectrum_flower: Fix port range register leak in tmplt_create()
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 16:21:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <95339cf970ce78e1a74aa86ffcc104ecf7c7762c.1791294384.git.petrm@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1791294384.git.petrm@nvidia.com>
mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create() parses a flow_cls_offload template
into a stack-local struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info purely to compute
rulei.values.elusage. Parsing can acquire port range registers via
mlxsw_sp_flower_parse_ports_range(), but since this rulei never goes
through mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy(), those registers were never
released, including through chain template deletion.
Factor out of mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy() the code to actually
release the necessary resources and call from
mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create() to plug the leak.
The issue was found during a review of Wentao Liang's patch referenced
below.
Fixes: fe22f7410527 ("mlxsw: spectrum_flower: Add ability to match on port ranges")
Reported-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260917113236.2149095-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn/
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h | 2 ++
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c | 10 ++++++++--
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c | 9 +++++++--
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
index b03ff9e044f9..10af08ce72ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
@@ -989,6 +989,8 @@ void mlxsw_sp_acl_ruleset_prio_get(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_ruleset *ruleset,
struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *
mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_create(struct mlxsw_sp_acl *acl,
struct mlxsw_afa_block *afa_block);
+void mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_free(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+ const struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei);
void mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei);
int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_commit(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
index cb232accb296..f7be4f3a1518 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_create(struct mlxsw_sp_acl *acl,
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
-void mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
- struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei)
+void mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_free(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+ const struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei)
{
if (rulei->action_created)
mlxsw_afa_block_destroy(rulei->act_block);
@@ -351,6 +351,12 @@ void mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
if (rulei->dst_port_range_reg_valid)
mlxsw_sp_port_range_reg_put(mlxsw_sp,
rulei->dst_port_range_reg_index);
+}
+
+void mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+ struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei)
+{
+ mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_free(mlxsw_sp, rulei);
kfree(rulei);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
index 353fd9ca89a6..5e4632cb792d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
@@ -862,14 +862,19 @@ int mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
memset(&rulei, 0, sizeof(rulei));
err = mlxsw_sp_flower_parse(mlxsw_sp, block, &rulei, f);
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto out;
+
ruleset = mlxsw_sp_acl_ruleset_get(mlxsw_sp, block,
f->common.chain_index,
MLXSW_SP_ACL_PROFILE_FLOWER,
&rulei.values.elusage);
+ err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ruleset);
+
+out:
+ mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_free(mlxsw_sp, &rulei);
/* keep the reference to the ruleset */
- return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ruleset);
+ return err;
}
void mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-06 14:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-06 14:21 [PATCH net 0/2] mlxsw: Fix port range register leak Petr Machata
2026-10-06 14:21 ` Petr Machata [this message]
2026-10-06 21:49 ` [PATCH net 1/2] mlxsw: spectrum_flower: Fix port range register leak in tmplt_create() Jacob Keller
2026-10-06 14:21 ` [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: mlxsw: Test port range occupancy on template create Petr Machata
2026-10-06 21:50 ` Jacob Keller
2026-10-08 18:00 ` [PATCH net 0/2] mlxsw: Fix port range register leak patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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