linux-kernel - [ 64/66] tg3: Avoid null pointer dereference in tg3

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Message-Id: <20130217225009.055170156@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:51:05 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>,
	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [ 64/66] tg3: Avoid null pointer dereference in tg3_interrupt  in netconsole mode

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>

[ Upstream commit 9c13cb8bb477a83b9a3c9e5a5478a4e21294a760 ]

When netconsole is enabled, logging messages generated during tg3_open
can result in a null pointer dereference for the uninitialized tg3
status block. Use the irq_sync flag to disable polling in the early
stages. irq_sync is cleared when the driver is enabling interrupts after
all initialization is completed.

Signed-off-by: Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 01bc102..c3197d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -6353,6 +6353,9 @@ static void tg3_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev)
 	int i;
 	struct tg3 *tp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
+	if (tg3_irq_sync(tp))
+		return;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < tp->irq_cnt; i++)
 		tg3_interrupt(tp->napi[i].irq_vec, &tp->napi[i]);
 }
@@ -15388,6 +15391,7 @@ static int __devinit tg3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	tp->pm_cap = pm_cap;
 	tp->rx_mode = TG3_DEF_RX_MODE;
 	tp->tx_mode = TG3_DEF_TX_MODE;
+	tp->irq_sync = 1;
 
 	if (tg3_debug > 0)
 		tp->msg_enable = tg3_debug;


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