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Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:44:10 +0000
From:   Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To:     Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn>
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
        Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@nvidia.com>,
        Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@huawei.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] net/mlx5e: fix a potential double-free in
 fs_any_create_groups
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 05:29:01PM +0800, Dinghao Liu wrote:
> When kcalloc() for ft->g succeeds but kvzalloc() for in fails,
> fs_any_create_groups() will free ft->g. However, its caller
> fs_any_create_table() will free ft->g again through calling
> mlx5e_destroy_flow_table(), which will lead to a double-free.
> Fix this by setting ft->g to NULL in fs_any_create_groups().
> 
> Fixes: 0f575c20bf06 ("net/mlx5e: Introduce Flow Steering ANY API")
> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn>
> ---
> 
> Changelog:
> 
> v2: Setting ft->g to NULL instead of removing the kfree().

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>