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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 7a22b473dbdd..d16a5a6b24fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -2828,12 +2828,19 @@ static int i40e_add_fdir_ethtool(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
}
ret = i40e_add_del_fdir(vsi, input, true);
-free_input:
if (ret)
- kfree(input);
- else
- i40e_update_ethtool_fdir_entry(vsi, input, fsp->location, NULL);
+ goto free_input;
+
+ /* Add the input filter to the fdir_input_list, possibly replacing
+ * a previous filter. Do not free the input structure after adding it
+ * to the list as this would cause a use-after-free bug.
+ */
+ i40e_update_ethtool_fdir_entry(vsi, input, fsp->location, NULL);
+ return 0;
+
+free_input:
+ kfree(input);
return ret;
}