netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 net] net: phy: fix null dereference in phy_attach

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2023 09:32:30 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@...driver.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net] net: phy: fix null dereference in
 phy_attach_direct



On 1/27/2023 9:14 AM, Colin Foster wrote:
> Commit bc66fa87d4fd ("net: phy: Add link between phy dev and mac dev")
> introduced a link between net devices and phy devices. It fails to check
> whether dev is NULL, leading to a NULL dereference error.
> 
> Fixes: bc66fa87d4fd ("net: phy: Add link between phy dev and mac dev")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian