From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, hkallweit1@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org,
davem@davemloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: phy: Avoid NPD upon phy_detach() when driver is unbound
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:28:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200917172822.GA3598897@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200917034310.2360488-2-f.fainelli@gmail.com>
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 08:43:09PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> If we have unbound the PHY driver prior to calling phy_detach() (often
> via phy_disconnect()) then we can cause a NULL pointer de-reference
> accessing the driver owner member. The steps to reproduce are:
>
> echo unimac-mdio-0:01 > /sys/class/net/eth0/phydev/driver/unbind
> ip link set eth0 down
>
> Fixes: cafe8df8b9bc ("net: phy: Fix lack of reference count on PHY driver")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-17 17:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-17 3:43 [PATCH net 0/2] net: phy: Unbind fixes Florian Fainelli
2020-09-17 3:43 ` [PATCH net 1/2] net: phy: Avoid NPD upon phy_detach() when driver is unbound Florian Fainelli
2020-09-17 13:15 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-09-17 16:32 ` Florian Fainelli
2020-09-17 17:28 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2020-09-17 3:43 ` [PATCH net 2/2] net: phy: Do not warn in phy_stop() on PHY_DOWN Florian Fainelli
2020-09-17 13:16 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-09-17 23:56 ` [PATCH net 0/2] net: phy: Unbind fixes David Miller
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