netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] wimax: i2400m - prevent a possible kernel bug due to missing fw

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Date:	Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:57:10 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Phil Sutter <phil.sutter@...rinet.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] wimax: i2400m - prevent a possible kernel bug due
 to missing fw_name string

On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 13:23 +0200, Phil Sutter wrote:
> This happened on a machine with a custom hotplug script calling nameif,
> probably due to slow firmware loading. At the time nameif uses ethtool
> to gather interface information, i2400m->fw_name is zero and so a null
> pointer dereference occurs from within i2400m_get_drvinfo().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil.sutter@...rinet.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c
> index 64a1106..020bd8d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c
> @@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ static void i2400m_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net_dev,
>  	struct i2400m *i2400m = net_dev_to_i2400m(net_dev);
>  
>  	strncpy(info->driver, KBUILD_MODNAME, sizeof(info->driver) - 1);
> -	strncpy(info->fw_version, i2400m->fw_name, sizeof(info->fw_version) - 1);
> +	strncpy(info->fw_version,
> +	        i2400m->fw_name ? : "N/A", sizeof(info->fw_version) - 1);

Use an empty string, not "N/A".

Ben.

>  	if (net_dev->dev.parent)
>  		strncpy(info->bus_info, dev_name(net_dev->dev.parent),
>  			sizeof(info->bus_info) - 1);

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