From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F222DC35280 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 16:18:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2C7521D82 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 16:18:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727574AbfJBQSN (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Oct 2019 12:18:13 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:33702 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727160AbfJBQSN (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Oct 2019 12:18:13 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [172.58.43.221]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2A24215409DC0; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 09:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:18:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20191002.121809.873130939496092066.davem@davemloft.net> To: sudhakar.dindukurti@oracle.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com, rds-devel@oss.oracle.com, dotanb@dev.mellanox.co.il Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/rds: Fix error handling in rds_ib_add_one() From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1569950462-37680-1-git-send-email-sudhakar.dindukurti@oracle.com> References: <1569950462-37680-1-git-send-email-sudhakar.dindukurti@oracle.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 02 Oct 2019 09:18:13 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Sudhakar Dindukurti Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 10:21:02 -0700 > From: Dotan Barak > > rds_ibdev:ipaddr_list and rds_ibdev:conn_list are initialized > after allocation some resources such as protection domain. > If allocation of such resources fail, then these uninitialized > variables are accessed in rds_ib_dev_free() in failure path. This > can potentially crash the system. The code has been updated to > initialize these variables very early in the function. > > Signed-off-by: Dotan Barak > Signed-off-by: Sudhakar Dindukurti Applied.