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authorDima Chumak2021-04-26 15:16:26 +0300
committerSaeed Mahameed2021-05-18 23:01:21 -0700
commitdca59f4a791960ec73fa15803faa0abe0f92ece2 (patch)
tree695d8400fca33d6b1b8a5fc4d62ffb02e56208b9 /drivers/net
parent3410fbcd47dc6479af4309febf760ccaa5efb472 (diff)
net/mlx5e: Fix nullptr in add_vlan_push_action()
The result of dev_get_by_index_rcu() is not checked for NULL and then gets dereferenced immediately. Also, the RCU lock must be held by the caller of dev_get_by_index_rcu(), which isn't satisfied by the call stack. Fix by handling nullptr return value when iflink device is not found. Add RCU locking around dev_get_by_index_rcu() to avoid possible adverse effects while iterating over the net_device's hlist. It is safe not to increment reference count of the net_device pointer in case of a successful lookup, because it's already handled by VLAN code during VLAN device registration (see register_vlan_dev and netdev_upper_dev_link). Fixes: 278748a95aa3 ("net/mlx5e: Offload TC e-switch rules with egress VLAN device") Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return value") Signed-off-by: Dima Chumak <dchumak@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 47a9c49b25fd..46945d04b5b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -3526,8 +3526,12 @@ static int add_vlan_push_action(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
if (err)
return err;
- *out_dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(dev_net(vlan_dev),
- dev_get_iflink(vlan_dev));
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ *out_dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(dev_net(vlan_dev), dev_get_iflink(vlan_dev));
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (!*out_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
if (is_vlan_dev(*out_dev))
err = add_vlan_push_action(priv, attr, out_dev, action);