[PATCH] net/xsc: fix use after free in some RXQ cleanup
David Marchand
david.marchand at redhat.com
Tue Sep 9 09:04:27 CEST 2025
Debian 12 gcc complains about a use after free in this cleanup section.
[7/11] Compiling C object drivers/libtmp_rte_net_xsc.a.p/net_xsc_xsc_rx.c.o
In function 'xsc_rss_qp_create',
inlined from 'xsc_rxq_rss_obj_new' at ../drivers/net/xsc/xsc_rx.c:565:8:
../drivers/net/xsc/xsc_rx.c:501:9: warning: pointer 'req' may be used after
'free' [-Wuse-after-free]
501 | free(req);
| ^~~~~~~~~
../drivers/net/xsc/xsc_rx.c:501:9: note: call to 'free' here
Indeed, req may be free'd twice, as an error in the cleanup loop may
jump back to the set_qp_fail label.
Instead, skip the erroneous rxq and don't touch errno since all the code
jumping to set_qp_fail already sets it.
Fixes: 3991c890fb4c ("net/xsc: optimize RSS queue creation")
Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
---
drivers/net/xsc/xsc_rx.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/xsc/xsc_rx.c b/drivers/net/xsc/xsc_rx.c
index 5f8003a1f6..5ff3f818c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xsc/xsc_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xsc/xsc_rx.c
@@ -502,10 +502,8 @@ xsc_rss_qp_create(struct xsc_ethdev_priv *priv, int port_id)
for (i = 0; i < set_last_no; i++) {
xsc_unset_qp_info(xdev, rqn_base + i);
rxq_data = xsc_rxq_get(priv, i);
- if (rxq_data == NULL) {
- rte_errno = EINVAL;
- goto set_qp_fail;
- }
+ if (rxq_data == NULL)
+ continue;
rte_memzone_free(rxq_data->rq_pas);
rxq_data->rq_pas = NULL;
}
--
2.51.0
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