[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] common/qat: fix for invalid response from firmware

[Fiona Trahe]

Check that the firmware response has a bit set indicating
it's valid before dereferencing the rest of the response contents.

Fixes: 0bdd36e12245 ("crypto/qat: make dequeue function generic")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe at intel.com>
---
 drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
index 1d83aac..9c58c64 100644
--- a/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/common/qat/qat_qp.c
@@ -634,15 +634,23 @@ qat_dequeue_op_burst(void *qp, void **ops, uint16_t nb_ops)
 	uint32_t head;
 	uint32_t resp_counter = 0;
 	uint8_t *resp_msg;
+	uint8_t hdr_flags;
 
 	rx_queue = &(tmp_qp->rx_q);
 	tx_queue = &(tmp_qp->tx_q);
 	head = rx_queue->head;
 	resp_msg = (uint8_t *)rx_queue->base_addr + rx_queue->head;
+	hdr_flags = ((struct icp_qat_fw_comn_resp_hdr *)resp_msg)->hdr_flags;
 
 	while (*(uint32_t *)resp_msg != ADF_RING_EMPTY_SIG &&
 			resp_counter != nb_ops) {
 
+		if (unlikely(!ICP_QAT_FW_COMN_VALID_FLAG_GET(hdr_flags))) {
+			/* Fatal firmware error */
+			QAT_LOG(ERR, "QAT Firmware returned invalid response");
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		if (tmp_qp->service_type == QAT_SERVICE_SYMMETRIC)
 			qat_sym_process_response(ops, resp_msg);
 		else if (tmp_qp->service_type == QAT_SERVICE_COMPRESSION)
-- 
2.7.4