linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: rtsn: Fix a null pointer dereference in rtsn

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Message-ID: <aDej4pD_ZzB8ZQdP@LQ3V64L9R2>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 17:01:38 -0700
From: Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
To: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@....com>
Cc: niklas.soderlund@...natech.se, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, richardcochran@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: rtsn: Fix a null pointer dereference in
 rtsn_probe()

On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 03:58:25PM +0800, Haoxiang Li wrote:
> Add check for the return value of rcar_gen4_ptp_alloc()
> to prevent potential null pointer dereference.

Was the null deref observed in the wild? Asking because I am
wondering if this is clean up instead of a Fixes ?

> Fixes: b0d3969d2b4d ("net: ethernet: rtsn: Add support for Renesas Ethernet-TSN")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> index 6b3f7fca8d15..f5df3374d279 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> @@ -1260,6 +1260,10 @@ static int rtsn_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	priv->pdev = pdev;
>  	priv->ndev = ndev;
>  	priv->ptp_priv = rcar_gen4_ptp_alloc(pdev);
> +	if (!priv->ptp_priv) {
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto error_free;
> +	}
>  
>  	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
>