netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: Don't call phy_resume if phy_init

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 15 May 2014 22:57:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	linux@...ck-us.net
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: Don't call phy_resume if phy_init_hw failed

From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 13:12:49 -0700

> After the call to phy_init_hw failed in phy_attach_direct, phy_detach is called
> to detach the phy device from its network device. If the attached driver is a
> generic phy driver, this also detaches the driver. Subsequently phy_resume
> is called, which assumes without checking that a driver is attached to the
> device. This will result in a crash such as
> 
> Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0xffffffffffffff90
> Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000003a0e18
> Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
> ...
> NIP [c0000000003a0e18] .phy_attach_direct+0x68/0x17c
> LR [c0000000003a0e6c] .phy_attach_direct+0xbc/0x17c
> Call Trace:
> [c0000003fc0475d0] [c0000000003a0e6c] .phy_attach_direct+0xbc/0x17c (unreliable)
> [c0000003fc047670] [c0000000003a0ff8] .phy_connect_direct+0x28/0x98
> [c0000003fc047700] [c0000000003f0074] .of_phy_connect+0x4c/0xa4
> 
> Only call phy_resume if phy_init_hw was successful.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
--
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