[PATCH v2 4/5] net/bnxt: fix memory leak in VF VNIC query error path

Mohammad Shuab Siddique mohammad-shuab.siddique at broadcom.com
Mon Sep 21 04:20:01 CEST 2026


From: Kishore Padmanabha <kishore.padmanabha at broadcom.com>

bnxt_hwrm_func_vf_vnic_query_and_config() allocates vnic_ids before
calling bnxt_hwrm_func_vf_vnic_query(), but returns without freeing it
when that call fails.

Free vnic_ids on the error path too.

Fixes: 49947a13ba9e ("net/bnxt: support Tx loopback, set VF MAC and queues drop")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Kishore Padmanabha <kishore.padmanabha at broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Mohammad Shuab Siddique <mohammad-shuab.siddique at broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
index 99539d3705..dee35758e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
@@ -6280,8 +6280,10 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_func_vf_vnic_query_and_config(struct bnxt *bp, uint16_t vf,
 
 	num_vnic_ids = bnxt_hwrm_func_vf_vnic_query(bp, vf, vnic_ids);
 
-	if (num_vnic_ids < 0)
+	if (num_vnic_ids < 0) {
+		rte_free(vnic_ids);
 		return num_vnic_ids;
+	}
 
 	/* Retrieve VNIC, update bd_stall then update */
 
-- 
2.47.3



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