From: Dipayaan Roy <dipayanroy@linux•microsoft.com>
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Subject: [PATCH net v2 0/2] net: mana: Fix NULL dereferences during teardown after attach failure
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:33:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260522233555.1099342-1-dipayanroy@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
When mana_attach() fails (e.g. during queue allocation), the error
cleanup frees apc->tx_qp and apc->rxqs and sets them to NULL. Multiple
subsequent teardown paths can then dereference these NULL pointers,
causing kernel panics.
Patch 1 adds NULL guards in the low-level teardown functions
(mana_fence_rqs, mana_destroy_vport, mana_dealloc_queues) so they are
safe to call regardless of queue initialization state. This covers all
callers: mana_remove(), mana_change_mtu() recovery, and internal error
paths in mana_alloc_queues().
Patch 2 adds an early exit in mana_detach() for already-detached ports,
making it safe for non-close callers. This allows the queue reset
handler to safely retry mana_attach() without redundant teardown.
Changes in v2:
- Patch 2: moved netif_device_present() check into mana_detach() as
an early exit instead of using goto in the work handler
Dipayaan Roy (2):
net: mana: Add NULL guards in teardown path to prevent panic on attach
failure
net: mana: Skip redundant detach on already-detached port
drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 76 ++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-22 23:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-22 23:33 Dipayaan Roy [this message]
2026-05-22 23:33 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: mana: Add NULL guards in teardown path to prevent panic on attach failure Dipayaan Roy
2026-05-25 8:01 ` Dipayaan Roy
2026-05-22 23:33 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: mana: Skip redundant detach on already-detached port Dipayaan Roy
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