[PATCH v2] mctp i3c: Fix locking in an error path

From: Bart Van Assche

Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 14:03:10 EST


If netdev_alloc_skb() fails, mctp_i3c_read() jumps to a label that
unlocks mi->lock although that mutex has not been locked yet. Fix this
by returning -ENOMEM directly. This bug has been detected by the Clang
thread-safety analyzer.

Cc: Leo Yang <Leo-Yang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeremy Kerr <jk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Johnston <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 2d2d4f60ed26 ("mctp i3c: fix MCTP I3C driver multi-thread issue")
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2:
- Return -ENOMEM directly upon allocation failure instead of adding a
free_skb label.

drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c b/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c
index 4e857dd5df64..5f225999d715 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mctp/mctp-i3c.c
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ static int mctp_i3c_read(struct mctp_i3c_device *mi)
mi->mrl + sizeof(struct mctp_i3c_internal_hdr));
if (!skb) {
stats->rx_dropped++;
- rc = -ENOMEM;
- goto err;
+ return -ENOMEM;
}

skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_MCTP);