netdev - Re: [net, v3, 1/3] net: phy: Fix PHY module checks and NULL deref in phy_attach

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Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2017 23:13:51 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     hs@...x.de
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, maowenan <maowenan@...wei.com>,
        andrew@...n.ch, rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk, festevam@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com
Subject: Re: [net, v3, 1/3] net: phy: Fix PHY module checks and NULL deref in
 phy_attach_direct()



On 02/08/2017 10:58 PM, Heiko Schocher wrote:
> Hello Florian,
> 
> Am 09.02.2017 um 01:13 schrieb Florian Fainelli:
>> The Generic PHY drivers gets assigned after we checked that the current
>> PHY driver is NULL, so we need to check a few things before we can
>> safely dereference d->driver. This would be causing a NULL deference to
>> occur when a system binds to the Generic PHY driver. Update
>> phy_attach_direct() to do the following:
>>
>> - grab the driver module reference after we have assigned the Generic
>>    PHY drivers accordingly
>>
>> - update the error path to clean up the module reference in case the
>>    Generic PHY probe function fails
>>
>> Fixes: cafe8df8b9bc ("net: phy: Fix lack of reference count on PHY
>> driver")
>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> just stumbled over this bug on an am335x based board, with an
> KSZ8081 attached, so there a "fixed-link" is used like:
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/am335x-baltos-ir3220.dts#n105
> 
> 
> With your patch it crashes also ...

The final version of the patch is here:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/725923/

Do you mind giving it a try?
-- 
Florian