netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: sysfs: ethtool

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Date:	Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:02:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andy@...yhouse.net
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: sysfs: ethtool_ops can be NULL

From: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:40:33 -0400

> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:23:33PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> commit d519e17e2d01a0ee9abe083019532061b4438065
>> (net: export device speed and duplex via sysfs)
>> made the wrong assumption that netdev->ethtool_ops was always set.
>> 
>> This makes possible to crash kernel and let rtnl in locked state.
>> 
>> modprobe dummy
>> ip link set dummy0 up
>> (udev runs and crash)
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
 ...
> Nice catch, Eric.
> 
> Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>

Applied.
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