linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: usb: lan78xx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in lan78xx_phy

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Message-Id: <20250626103731.3986545-1-o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:37:31 +0200
From: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
	Thangaraj Samynathan <Thangaraj.S@...rochip.com>,
	Rengarajan Sundararajan <Rengarajan.S@...rochip.com>
Cc: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
	Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org>,
	Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: usb: lan78xx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in lan78xx_phy_init()

If no PHY device is found (e.g., for LAN7801 in fixed-link mode),
lan78xx_phy_init() may proceed to dereference a NULL phydev pointer,
leading to a crash.

Update the logic to perform MAC configuration first, then check for the presence
of a PHY. For the fixed-link case, set up the fixed link and return early,
bypassing any code that assumes a valid phydev pointer.

It is safe to move lan78xx_mac_prepare_for_phy() earlier because this function
only uses information from dev->interface, which is configured by
lan78xx_get_phy() beforehand. The function does not access phydev or any data
set up by later steps.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index ae37cd235526..6e9dc30b50f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -2831,6 +2831,10 @@ static int lan78xx_phy_init(struct lan78xx_net *dev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = lan78xx_mac_prepare_for_phy(dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto phylink_uninit;
+
 	/* If no PHY is found, set up a fixed link. It is very specific to
 	 * the LAN7801 and is used in special cases like EVB-KSZ9897-1 where
 	 * LAN7801 acts as a USB-to-Ethernet interface to a switch without
@@ -2840,11 +2844,12 @@ static int lan78xx_phy_init(struct lan78xx_net *dev)
 		ret = lan78xx_set_fixed_link(dev);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto phylink_uninit;
-	}
 
-	ret = lan78xx_mac_prepare_for_phy(dev);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto phylink_uninit;
+		/* No PHY found, so set up a fixed link and return early.
+		 * No need to configure PHY IRQ or attach to phylink.
+		 */
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/* if phyirq is not set, use polling mode in phylib */
 	if (dev->domain_data.phyirq > 0)
-- 
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