queue_cache_init is first called for the Control Word Queue (n2_crypto_probe). At that time, queue_cache[0] is NULL and a new kmem_cache will be allocated. If the subsequent n2_register_algs call fails, the kmem_cache will be released in queue_cache_destroy, but queue_cache_init[0] is not set back to NULL.

So when the Module Arithmetic Unit gets probed next (n2_mau_probe), queue_cache_init will not allocate a kmem_cache again, but leave it as its bogus value, causing a BUG() to trigger when queue_cache[0] is eventually passed to kmem_cache_zalloc:

	n2_crypto: Found N2CP at /virtual-devices@100/n2cp@7
	n2_crypto: Registered NCS HVAPI version 2.0
	called queue_cache_init
	n2_crypto: md5 alg registration failed
	n2cp f028687c: /virtual-devices@100/n2cp@7: Unable to register algorithms.
	called queue_cache_destroy
	n2cp: probe of f028687c failed with error -22
	n2_crypto: Found NCP at /virtual-devices@100/ncp@6
	n2_crypto: Registered NCS HVAPI version 2.0
	called queue_cache_init
	kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:2993!
	Call Trace:
	 [0000000000604488] kmem_cache_alloc+0x1a8/0x1e0
                  (inlined) kmem_cache_zalloc
                  (inlined) new_queue
                  (inlined) spu_queue_setup
                  (inlined) handle_exec_unit
	 [0000000010c61eb4] spu_mdesc_scan+0x1f4/0x460 [n2_crypto]
	 [0000000010c62b80] n2_mau_probe+0x100/0x220 [n2_crypto]
	 [000000000084b174] platform_drv_probe+0x34/0xc0

Signed-off-by Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]>

Acked-by David S. Miller <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Herbert Xu <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

---
 drivers/crypto/n2_core.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

drivers/crypto/n2_core.c +3 -0

@@ -1641,6 +1641,7 @@ static int queue_cache_init(void)
 					  CWQ_ENTRY_SIZE, 0, NULL);
 	if (!queue_cache[HV_NCS_QTYPE_CWQ - 1]) {
 		kmem_cache_destroy(queue_cache[HV_NCS_QTYPE_MAU - 1]);
+		queue_cache[HV_NCS_QTYPE_MAU - 1] = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	return 0;

@@ -1650,6 +1651,8 @@ static void queue_cache_destroy(void)
 {
 	kmem_cache_destroy(queue_cache[HV_NCS_QTYPE_MAU - 1]);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(queue_cache[HV_NCS_QTYPE_CWQ - 1]);
+	queue_cache[HV_NCS_QTYPE_MAU - 1] = NULL;
+	queue_cache[HV_NCS_QTYPE_CWQ - 1] = NULL;
 }
 
 static int spu_queue_register(struct spu_queue *p, unsigned long q_type)

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.4/crypto-n2-cure-use-after-free.patch