netdev - [PATCH net 2/2] mlxsw: spectrum: Protect driver from buggy firmware

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Date:   Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:52:56 +0200
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, jiri@...dia.com,
        mlxsw@...dia.com, Amit Cohen <amcohen@...dia.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] mlxsw: spectrum: Protect driver from buggy firmware

From: Amit Cohen <amcohen@...dia.com>

When processing port up/down events generated by the device's firmware,
the driver protects itself from events reported for non-existent local
ports, but not the CPU port (local port 0), which exists, but lacks a
netdev.

This can result in a NULL pointer dereference when calling
netif_carrier_{on,off}().

Fix this by bailing early when processing an event reported for the CPU
port. Problem was only observed when running on top of a buggy emulator.

Fixes: 28b1987ef506 ("mlxsw: spectrum: Register CPU port with devlink")
Signed-off-by: Amit Cohen <amcohen@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
index 41da3895d97f..24157bb59881 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@ static void mlxsw_sp_pude_event_func(const struct mlxsw_reg_info *reg,
 	max_ports = mlxsw_core_max_ports(mlxsw_sp->core);
 	local_port = mlxsw_reg_pude_local_port_get(pude_pl);
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(local_port >= max_ports))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!local_port || local_port >= max_ports))
 		return;
 	mlxsw_sp_port = mlxsw_sp->ports[local_port];
 	if (!mlxsw_sp_port)
-- 
2.31.1