Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net v1] ice: fix use-after-free in dynamic port cleanup

On 14.07.2026 08:39, [email protected] wrote:
> From: Xuanqiang Luo <[email protected]>
> 
> ice_dealloc_dynamic_port() uses dyn_port->vsi->idx to erase the dynamic
> port from pf->dyn_ports. However, it frees the VSI before reading the
> index for the erase, resulting in a use-after-free.
> 
> Follow the reverse of the allocation order in ice_alloc_dynamic_port()
> by erasing the xarray entry before freeing the VSI.
> 
> Fixes: eda69d654c7e ("ice: add basic devlink subfunctions support")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Marcin Szycik <[email protected]>

Thank you!
I wonder how such a glaring issue survived in the codebase for so long.
Perhaps ice_vsi_free() exited early for some reason.

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/port.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/port.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/port.c
> index 2a2e56777f9f7..3ede246490027 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/port.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/port.c
> @@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ static void ice_dealloc_dynamic_port(struct ice_dynamic_port *dyn_port)
>  
>  	xa_erase(&pf->sf_nums, devlink_port->attrs.pci_sf.sf);
>  	ice_eswitch_detach_sf(pf, dyn_port);
> -	ice_vsi_free(dyn_port->vsi);
>  	xa_erase(&pf->dyn_ports, dyn_port->vsi->idx);
> +	ice_vsi_free(dyn_port->vsi);
>  	kfree(dyn_port);
>  }
>