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[PATCH] bnx2x: fix double free in bnx2x_init_firmware() error path

From: Jiangshan Yi <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-15 12:22:04
Also in: lkml, stable
Subsystem: broadcom bnx2x 10 gigabit ethernet driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Sudarsana Kalluru, Manish Chopra, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

bnx2x_init_firmware() frees bp->init_ops, bp->init_data and
bp->init_ops_offsets in its error path without setting them to NULL.
The cleanup function bnx2x_release_firmware() frees the same three
pointers unconditionally, so if init_firmware fails and
release_firmware is later called (e.g. from __bnx2x_remove or through
the function state machine), all three are freed a second time.

Set each pointer to NULL after kfree() in the error path so that the
subsequent kfree(NULL) in bnx2x_release_firmware() is a safe no-op.

Fixes: 94a78b79cb5f ("bnx2x: Separated FW from the source.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiangshan Yi <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index 208a894d6190..39eb6ab5f805 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -13473,10 +13473,13 @@ static int bnx2x_init_firmware(struct bnx2x *bp)
 
 iro_alloc_err:
 	kfree(bp->init_ops_offsets);
+	bp->init_ops_offsets = NULL;
 init_offsets_alloc_err:
 	kfree(bp->init_ops);
+	bp->init_ops = NULL;
 init_ops_alloc_err:
 	kfree(bp->init_data);
+	bp->init_data = NULL;
 request_firmware_exit:
 	release_firmware(bp->firmware);
 	bp->firmware = NULL;
-- 
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