Re: [PATCH] net: mana: fix use-after-free in add_adev() error path

[Hardik Garg <hargar@linux.microsoft.com>]

On 3/18/2026 8:40 AM, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> If auxiliary_device_add() fails, add_adev() calls
> auxiliary_device_uninit(adev), whose release callback adev_release()
> frees the containing struct mana_adev.
> 
> The current error path then falls through to init_fail and accesses
> adev->id. Since adev is embedded in struct mana_adev, this may lead
> to a use-after-free.
> 
> Fix it by storing the allocated auxiliary device id in a local
> variable and using that saved id in the cleanup path after
> auxiliary_device_uninit().
> 
> Fixes: a69839d4327d ("net: mana: Add support for auxiliary device")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
> index 1ad154f9db1a..70d71594c599 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
> @@ -3362,6 +3362,7 @@ static int add_adev(struct gdma_dev *gd, const char *name)
>  {
>  	struct auxiliary_device *adev;
>  	struct mana_adev *madev;
> +	int id;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	madev = kzalloc(sizeof(*madev), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -3372,7 +3373,8 @@ static int add_adev(struct gdma_dev *gd, const char *name)
>  	ret = mana_adev_idx_alloc();
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		goto idx_fail;
> -	adev->id = ret;
> +	id = ret;
> +	adev->id = id;
>  
>  	adev->name = name;
>  	adev->dev.parent = gd->gdma_context->dev;
> @@ -3398,7 +3400,7 @@ static int add_adev(struct gdma_dev *gd, const char *name)
>  	auxiliary_device_uninit(adev);
>  
>  init_fail:
> -	mana_adev_idx_free(adev->id);
> +	mana_adev_idx_free(id);
>  
>  idx_fail:
>  	kfree(madev);

Reviewed-by: Hardik Garg <hargar@linux.microsoft.com>


Thanks,
Hardik