From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
edumazet@google.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>,
anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com, zhaochenguang@kylinos.cn,
magnus.karlsson@intel.com, jacob.e.keller@intel.com,
przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, jbrandeb@kernel.org,
horms@kernel.org, kerneljasonxing@gmail.com, ast@kernel.org,
daniel@iogearbox.net, hawk@kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
sdf@fomichev.me, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>,
Sunitha Mekala <sunithax.d.mekala@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/8] i40e: avoid null ptr dereference in i40e_ptp_stop()
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:24:49 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918212458.550425-3-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918212458.550425-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
From: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Sashiko reports:
***
If an allocation fails here during i40e_rebuild(), i40e_vsi_clear()
frees the
main VSI and sets pf->vsi[vsi->idx] = NULL, and the rebuild will abort
without
stopping the PTP clock.
Later, if the device is removed or unbound, i40e_remove()
unconditionally
calls i40e_ptp_stop(), which does:
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c:i40e_ptp_stop() {
...
struct i40e_vsi *main_vsi = i40e_pf_get_main_vsi(pf);
...
dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "%s: removed PHC on %s\n", __func__,
main_vsi->netdev->name);
...
}
Would this cause a NULL pointer dereference since main_vsi is now NULL?
***
Check if main_vsi is not null before calling dev_info().
Fixes: beb0dff1251d ("i40e: enable PTP")
Reported-by: Sashiko AI Review <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Tested-by: Sunitha Mekala <sunithax.d.mekala@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
index ff62b5f2c815..ca93df4d6785 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
@@ -1556,8 +1556,9 @@ void i40e_ptp_stop(struct i40e_pf *pf)
if (pf->ptp_clock) {
ptp_clock_unregister(pf->ptp_clock);
pf->ptp_clock = NULL;
- dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "%s: removed PHC on %s\n", __func__,
- main_vsi->netdev->name);
+ if (main_vsi)
+ dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev, "%s: removed PHC on %s\n", __func__,
+ main_vsi->netdev->name);
}
if (i40e_is_ptp_pin_dev(&pf->hw)) {
--
2.47.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 21:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 21:24 [PATCH net 0/8][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-09-18 (i40e) Tony Nguyen
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 1/8] i40e: unregister netdev before clearing VSI on reinit failure Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-25 13:19 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-18 21:24 ` Tony Nguyen [this message]
2026-09-22 1:31 ` [PATCH net 2/8] i40e: avoid null ptr dereference in i40e_ptp_stop() netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-25 13:30 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 3/8] i40e: make ring pointers unreachable before freeing via rcu Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-25 15:16 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 4/8] i40e: avoid deadlock when calling unregister_netdev() Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-25 16:59 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 5/8] i40e: fix potential UAF in i40e_vsi_setup()'s error path Tony Nguyen
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 6/8] i40e: do not expose netdev too early Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 7/8] i40e: keep q_vectors array in sync with channel count changes Tony Nguyen
2026-09-22 1:31 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-18 21:24 ` [PATCH net 8/8] i40e: xsk: fix multi-buffer XDP_PASS skb construction Tony Nguyen
2026-09-24 11:23 ` [PATCH net 0/8][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2026-09-18 (i40e) Paolo Abeni
2026-09-24 11:25 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-09-25 12:46 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-09-25 20:00 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-26 12:21 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
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