linux-kernel - [PATCH net] net: ti: icssg_prueth: Fix NULL pointer dereference in prueth

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Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 14:44:11 +0200
From: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
To: MD Danish Anwar <danishanwar@...com>, Roger Quadros <rogerq@...nel.org>, 
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, 
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, 
 Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: ti: icssg_prueth: Fix NULL pointer dereference in
 prueth_probe()

In the prueth_probe() function, if one of the calls to emac_phy_connect()
fails due to of_phy_connect() returning NULL, then the subsequent call to
phy_attached_info() will dereference a NULL pointer.

Check the return code of emac_phy_connect and fail cleanly if there is an
error.

Fixes: 128d5874c082 ("net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add ICSSG ethernet driver")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
---
Hello everyone,

There is a possible NULL pointer dereference in the prueth_probe() function of
the icssg_prueth driver. I discovered this while testing a platform with one
PRUETH MAC enabled out of the two available.

These are the requirements to reproduce the bug:

prueth_probe() is called
either eth0_node or eth1_node is not NULL
in emac_phy_connect: of_phy_connect() returns NULL

Then, the following leads to the NULL pointer dereference:

prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]->ndev->phydev is set to NULL
prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]->ndev->phydev is passed to phy_attached_info()
-> phy_attached_print() dereferences phydev which is NULL

This series provides a fix by checking the return code of emac_phy_connect().

Best Regards,

Romain
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
index 7c9e9518f555a..1ea3fbd5e954e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,12 @@ static int prueth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

 		prueth->registered_netdevs[PRUETH_MAC0] = prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]->ndev;

-		emac_phy_connect(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]);
+		ret = emac_phy_connect(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(dev,
+				"can't connect to MII0 PHY, error -%d", ret);
+			goto netdev_unregister;
+		}
 		phy_attached_info(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]->ndev->phydev);
 	}

@@ -1051,7 +1056,12 @@ static int prueth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}

 		prueth->registered_netdevs[PRUETH_MAC1] = prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC1]->ndev;
-		emac_phy_connect(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC1]);
+		ret = emac_phy_connect(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC1]);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(dev,
+				"can't connect to MII1 PHY, error %d", ret);
+			goto netdev_unregister;
+		}
 		phy_attached_info(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC1]->ndev->phydev);
 	}

---
base-commit: e4a87abf588536d1cdfb128595e6e680af5cf3ed
change-id: 20240521-icssg-prueth-fix-03b03064c5ce

Best regards,
-- 
Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>