[net PATCH v2] net: ethernet: stmicro: stmmac: fix possible memory leak in __stmmac_open

From: Christian Marangi
Date: Wed Jun 14 2023 - 11:53:25 EST


Fix a possible memory leak in __stmmac_open when stmmac_init_phy fails.
It's also needed to free everything allocated by stmmac_setup_dma_desc
and not just the dma_conf struct.

Drop free_dma_desc_resources from __stmmac_open and correctly call
free_dma_desc_resources on each user of __stmmac_open on error.

Reported-by: Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: ba39b344e924 ("net: ethernet: stmicro: stmmac: generate stmmac dma conf before open")
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---

Changes v2:
- Move free_dma_desc_resources to each user of __stmmac_open

drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index fa07b0d50b46..5c645b6d5660 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -3877,7 +3877,6 @@ static int __stmmac_open(struct net_device *dev,

stmmac_hw_teardown(dev);
init_error:
- free_dma_desc_resources(priv, &priv->dma_conf);
phylink_disconnect_phy(priv->phylink);
init_phy_error:
pm_runtime_put(priv->device);
@@ -3895,6 +3894,9 @@ static int stmmac_open(struct net_device *dev)
return PTR_ERR(dma_conf);

ret = __stmmac_open(dev, dma_conf);
+ if (ret)
+ free_dma_desc_resources(priv, dma_conf);
+
kfree(dma_conf);
return ret;
}
@@ -5637,12 +5639,15 @@ static int stmmac_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
stmmac_release(dev);

ret = __stmmac_open(dev, dma_conf);
- kfree(dma_conf);
if (ret) {
+ free_dma_desc_resources(priv, dma_conf);
+ kfree(dma_conf);
netdev_err(priv->dev, "failed reopening the interface after MTU change\n");
return ret;
}

+ kfree(dma_conf);
+
stmmac_set_rx_mode(dev);
}

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