netdev - Re: [PATCH net] phylib: fix potential use-after-free

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:27:39 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] phylib: fix potential use-after-free

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 05:27:48PM +0100, Marek Behún wrote:
> Commit bafbdd527d56 ("phylib: Add device reset GPIO support") added call
> to phy_device_reset(phydev) after the put_device() call in phy_detach().
> 
> The comment before the put_device() call says that the phydev might go
> away with put_device().
> 
> Fix potential use-after-free by calling phy_device_reset() before
> put_device().
> 
> Fixes: bafbdd527d56 ("phylib: Add device reset GPIO support")
> Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew