[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] raw/ioat: fix dereference before null check

Kevin Laatz kevin.laatz at intel.com
Wed Oct 14 12:11:10 CEST 2020


The 'idxd' pointer in 'idxd_rawdev_destroy()' is being dereferenced before
it is checked. To fix this, the null pointer check was moved to occur
earlier in the code.

Coverity issue: 363040
Fixes: ff06fa2cf3ba ("raw/ioat: probe idxd PCI")

Signed-off-by: Kevin Laatz <kevin.laatz at intel.com>
---
 drivers/raw/ioat/idxd_pci.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/idxd_pci.c b/drivers/raw/ioat/idxd_pci.c
index 165a9ea7f1..d4d87b199d 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/idxd_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/idxd_pci.c
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ idxd_rawdev_destroy(const char *name)
 	}
 
 	idxd = rdev->dev_private;
+	if (!idxd) {
+		IOAT_PMD_ERR("Error getting dev_private");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* disable the device */
 	err_code = idxd_pci_dev_command(idxd, idxd_disable_dev);
@@ -300,13 +304,11 @@ idxd_rawdev_destroy(const char *name)
 	IOAT_PMD_DEBUG("IDXD Device disabled OK");
 
 	/* free device memory */
-	if (rdev->dev_private != NULL) {
-		IOAT_PMD_DEBUG("Freeing device driver memory");
-		rdev->dev_private = NULL;
-		rte_free(idxd->public.batch_ring);
-		rte_free(idxd->public.hdl_ring);
-		rte_memzone_free(idxd->mz);
-	}
+	IOAT_PMD_DEBUG("Freeing device driver memory");
+	rdev->dev_private = NULL;
+	rte_free(idxd->public.batch_ring);
+	rte_free(idxd->public.hdl_ring);
+	rte_memzone_free(idxd->mz);
 
 	/* rte_rawdev_close is called by pmd_release */
 	ret = rte_rawdev_pmd_release(rdev);
-- 
2.25.1



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