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Message-Id: <1332788491-21530-1-git-send-email-phil.sutter@viprinet.com> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:01:30 +0200 From: Phil Sutter <phil.sutter@...rinet.com> To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com, Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> Subject: [PATCHv2 1/2] wimax: i2400m - prevent a possible kernel bug due to missing fw_name string This happened on a machine with a custom hotplug script calling nameif, probably due to slow firmware loading. At the time nameif uses ethtool to gather interface information, i2400m->fw_name is zero and so a null pointer dereference occurs from within i2400m_get_drvinfo(). Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil.sutter@...rinet.com> --- drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c index 63e4b70..1d76ae8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c @@ -597,7 +597,8 @@ static void i2400m_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *net_dev, struct i2400m *i2400m = net_dev_to_i2400m(net_dev); strncpy(info->driver, KBUILD_MODNAME, sizeof(info->driver) - 1); - strncpy(info->fw_version, i2400m->fw_name, sizeof(info->fw_version) - 1); + strncpy(info->fw_version, + i2400m->fw_name ? : "", sizeof(info->fw_version) - 1); if (net_dev->dev.parent) strncpy(info->bus_info, dev_name(net_dev->dev.parent), sizeof(info->bus_info) - 1); -- 1.7.3.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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