netdev - [PATCH net] net: axienet: fix a signedness bug in probe

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 PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

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

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

Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:59:11 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@...inx.com>,
        "Alvaro G. M" <alvaro.gamez@...ent.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: axienet: fix a signedness bug in probe

The "lp->phy_mode" is an enum but in this context GCC treats it as an
unsigned int so the error handling is never triggered.

Fixes: ee06b1728b95 ("net: axienet: add support for standard phy-mode binding")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 4fc627fb4d11..676006f32f91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	} else {
 		lp->phy_mode = of_get_phy_mode(pdev->dev.of_node);
-		if (lp->phy_mode < 0) {
+		if ((int)lp->phy_mode < 0) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto free_netdev;
 		}
-- 
2.20.1