rss_data->rss_key needs to be nullified after it is freed. Checks like "if (!rss_data->rss_key)" in the code could fail if it is not nullified. Tested: built and booted the kernel. Fixes: 83f38f210b85 ("idpf: Fix RSS LUT NULL pointer crash on early ethtool operations") Signed-off-by: Li Li --- Changes in v2: - Remove the line to nullify vport->q_vector_idxs as it is not necessary. drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c index 131a8121839bd..f63ab58428d2e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c @@ -1308,6 +1308,7 @@ static struct idpf_vport *idpf_vport_alloc(struct idpf_adapter *adapter, free_rss_key: kfree(rss_data->rss_key); + rss_data->rss_key = NULL; free_vector_idxs: kfree(vport->q_vector_idxs); free_vport: -- 2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog