netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: qualcomm: rmnet: Fix incorrect assignment of real

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Date:   Fri, 09 Nov 2018 19:46:45 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     subashab@...eaurora.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, stranche@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: qualcomm: rmnet: Fix incorrect assignment of
 real_dev

From: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>
Date: Fri,  9 Nov 2018 18:56:27 -0700

> A null dereference was observed when a sysctl was being set
> from userspace and rmnet was stuck trying to complete some actions
> in the NETDEV_REGISTER callback. This is because the real_dev is set
> only after the device registration handler completes.
 ...
> Fixes: b752eff5be24 ("net: qualcomm: rmnet: Implement ndo_get_iflink")
> Signed-off-by: Sean Tranchetti <stranche@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.