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Message-ID: <20241101113737.dqrp3w2tjrnumyig@skbuf>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 13:37:37 +0200
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To: Wei Fang <wei.fang@....com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, claudiu.manoil@....com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	imx@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: enetc: allocate vf_state during PF probes

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 02:02:46PM +0800, Wei Fang wrote:
> In the previous implementation, vf_state is allocated memory only when VF
> is enabled. However, net_device_ops::ndo_set_vf_mac() may be called before
> VF is enabled to configure the MAC address of VF. If this is the case,
> enetc_pf_set_vf_mac() will access vf_state, resulting in access to a null
> pointer. The simplified error log is as follows.
> 
> root@...028ardb:~# ip link set eno0 vf 1 mac 00:0c:e7:66:77:89
> [  173.543315] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000004
> [  173.637254] pc : enetc_pf_set_vf_mac+0x3c/0x80 Message from sy
> [  173.641973] lr : do_setlink+0x4a8/0xec8
> [  173.732292] Call trace:
> [  173.734740]  enetc_pf_set_vf_mac+0x3c/0x80
> [  173.738847]  __rtnl_newlink+0x530/0x89c
> [  173.742692]  rtnl_newlink+0x50/0x7c
> [  173.746189]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x128/0x390
> [  173.750298]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x60/0x130
> [  173.754145]  rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x24
> [  173.757731]  netlink_unicast+0x318/0x380
> [  173.761665]  netlink_sendmsg+0x17c/0x3c8
> 
> Fixes: d4fd0404c1c9 ("enetc: Introduce basic PF and VF ENETC ethernet drivers")
> Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@....com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Tested-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

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