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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org,
	maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com, danieller@nvidia.com,
	petrm@nvidia.com, o.rempel@pengutronix.de, idosch@nvidia.com,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	andrew@lunn.ch
Subject: [PATCH net 2/9] ethtool: module: avoid leaking a netdev ref on module flash errors
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:13:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260522231312.1710836-3-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260522231312.1710836-1-kuba@kernel.org>

module_flash_fw_schedule() is missing undo for setting
the "in_progress" flag and taking the netdev reference.
Delay taking these, the device can't disappear while
we are holding rtnl_lock.

Fixes: 32b4c8b53ee7 ("ethtool: Add ability to flash transceiver modules' firmware")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
CC: andrew@lunn.ch
CC: maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com
CC: danieller@nvidia.com
CC: petrm@nvidia.com
---
 net/ethtool/module.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/module.c b/net/ethtool/module.c
index 741f6fb25d45..392c03935e5e 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/module.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/module.c
@@ -319,8 +319,6 @@ module_flash_fw_schedule(struct net_device *dev, const char *file_name,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err_release_firmware;
 
-	dev->ethtool->module_fw_flash_in_progress = true;
-	netdev_hold(dev, &module_fw->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
 	fw_update->dev = dev;
 	fw_update->ntf_params.portid = info->snd_portid;
 	fw_update->ntf_params.seq = info->snd_seq;
@@ -335,6 +333,9 @@ module_flash_fw_schedule(struct net_device *dev, const char *file_name,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err_release_firmware;
 
+	dev->ethtool->module_fw_flash_in_progress = true;
+	netdev_hold(dev, &module_fw->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
+
 	schedule_work(&module_fw->work);
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-22 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-22 23:13 [PATCH net 0/9] ethtool: module: fix a handful of small bugs Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-22 23:13 ` [PATCH net 1/9] ethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-22 23:13 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-05-22 23:13 ` [PATCH net 3/9] ethtool: module: avoid racy updates to dev->ethtool bitfield Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-22 23:13 ` [PATCH net 4/9] ethtool: module: check fw_flash_in_progress under rtnl_lock Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-22 23:13 ` [PATCH net 5/9] ethtool: module: fix cleanup if socket used for flashing multiple devices Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-22 23:13 ` [PATCH net 6/9] ethtool: cmis: require exact CDB reply length Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-22 23:13 ` [PATCH net 7/9] ethtool: cmis: fix u16-to-u8 truncation of msleep_pre_rpl Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-22 23:13 ` [PATCH net 8/9] ethtool: cmis: validate start_cmd_payload_size from module Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-22 23:13 ` [PATCH net 9/9] ethtool: cmis: validate fw->size against start_cmd_payload_size Jakub Kicinski

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