netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mdio: ensure the type of mdio devices match mdio drivers

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Date:   Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:30:08 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mdio: ensure the type of mdio devices match
 mdio drivers

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:23:27 +0100 you wrote:
> On the MDIO bus, we have PHYLIB devices and drivers, and we have non-
> PHYLIB devices and drivers. PHYLIB devices are MDIO devices that are
> wrapped with a struct phy_device.
> 
> Trying to bind a MDIO device with a PHYLIB driver results in out-of-
> bounds accesses as we attempt to access struct phy_device members. So,
> let's prevent this by ensuring that the type of the MDIO device
> (indicated by the MDIO_DEVICE_FLAG_PHY flag) matches the type of the
> MDIO driver (indicated by the MDIO_DEVICE_IS_PHY flag.)
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: mdio: ensure the type of mdio devices match mdio drivers
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/94114d90037f

You are awesome, thank you!
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