linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 278/306] net: ep93xx_eth: Do not crash unloading module

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:41:41 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Florian Fainelli" <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 278/306] net: ep93xx_eth: Do not crash unloading module

3.16.40-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

commit c823abac17926767fb50175e098f087a6ac684c3 upstream.

When we unload the ep93xx_eth, whether we have opened the network
interface or not, we will either hit a kernel paging request error, or a
simple NULL pointer de-reference because:

- if ep93xx_open has been called, we have created a valid DMA mapping
  for ep->descs, when we call ep93xx_stop, we also call
  ep93xx_free_buffers, ep->descs now has a stale value

- if ep93xx_open has not been called, we have a NULL pointer for
  ep->descs, so performing any operation against that address just won't
  work

Fix this by adding a NULL pointer check for ep->descs which means that
ep93xx_free_buffers() was able to successfully tear down the descriptors
and free the DMA cookie as well.

Fixes: 1d22e05df818 ("[PATCH] Cirrus Logic ep93xx ethernet driver")
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ static void ep93xx_free_buffers(struct e
 	struct device *dev = ep->dev->dev.parent;
 	int i;
 
+	if (!ep->descs)
+		return;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < RX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i++) {
 		dma_addr_t d;
 
@@ -492,6 +495,7 @@ static void ep93xx_free_buffers(struct e
 
 	dma_free_coherent(dev, sizeof(struct ep93xx_descs), ep->descs,
 							ep->descs_dma_addr);
+	ep->descs = NULL;
 }
 
 static int ep93xx_alloc_buffers(struct ep93xx_priv *ep)