[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: Fix possible NULL deref in RX path

Sagi Grimberg sagi at grimberg.me
Mon Aug 1 10:44:21 CEST 2016


The user is allowed to call ->rx_pkt_burst() even without free
mbufs in the pool. In this scenario we'll fail allocating a rep mbuf
on the first iteration (where pkt is still NULL). This would cause us
to deref a NULL pkt (reset refcount and free).

Fix this by checking the pkt before freeing it.

Signed-off-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi at grimberg.me>
---
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
index fce3381ae87a..a07cc4794023 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ mlx5_rx_burst(void *dpdk_rxq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 		rte_prefetch0(wqe);
 		rep = rte_mbuf_raw_alloc(rxq->mp);
 		if (unlikely(rep == NULL)) {
-			while (pkt != seg) {
+			while (pkt && pkt != seg) {
 				assert(pkt != (*rxq->elts)[idx]);
 				seg = NEXT(pkt);
 				rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(pkt, 0);
-- 
1.9.1



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