kernel/SOURCES/1417-net-mlx5-check-device-memory-pointer-before-usage.patch

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From 3df9c01eaa62ae6dc8508bc6e068aebf01b66645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:03:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage
JIRA: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHEL-169055
commit 70f238c902b8c0461ae6fbb8d1a0bbddc4350eea
Author: Stav Aviram <saviram@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue Jul 1 15:08:12 2025 +0300
net/mlx5: Check device memory pointer before usage
Add a NULL check before accessing device memory to prevent a crash if
dev->dm allocation in mlx5_init_once() fails.
Fixes: c9b9dcb430b3 ("net/mlx5: Move device memory management to mlx5_core")
Signed-off-by: Stav Aviram <saviram@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/c88711327f4d74d5cebc730dc629607e989ca187.1751370035.git.leon@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/dm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/dm.c
index b4c97fb62abf..9ded2b7c1e31 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/dm.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static struct ib_dm *handle_alloc_dm_memic(struct ib_ucontext *ctx,
int err;
u64 address;
- if (!MLX5_CAP_DEV_MEM(dm_db->dev, memic))
+ if (!dm_db || !MLX5_CAP_DEV_MEM(dm_db->dev, memic))
return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
dm = kzalloc(sizeof(*dm), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/dm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/dm.c
index 7c5516b0a844..8115071c34a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/dm.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct mlx5_dm *mlx5_dm_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
dm = kzalloc(sizeof(*dm), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dm)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return NULL;
spin_lock_init(&dm->lock);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct mlx5_dm *mlx5_dm_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
err_steering:
kfree(dm);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return NULL;
}
void mlx5_dm_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 250f7005e79f..42daaf8387da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1102,9 +1102,6 @@ static int mlx5_init_once(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
}
dev->dm = mlx5_dm_create(dev);
- if (IS_ERR(dev->dm))
- mlx5_core_warn(dev, "Failed to init device memory %ld\n", PTR_ERR(dev->dm));
-
dev->tracer = mlx5_fw_tracer_create(dev);
dev->hv_vhca = mlx5_hv_vhca_create(dev);
dev->rsc_dump = mlx5_rsc_dump_create(dev);
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