[PATCH net] net: ti: icssg_prueth: Fix NULL pointer dereference in prueth_probe()

From: Romain Gantois
Date: Tue May 21 2024 - 08:43:57 EST


In the prueth_probe() function, if one of the calls to emac_phy_connect()
fails due to of_phy_connect() returning NULL, then the subsequent call to
phy_attached_info() will dereference a NULL pointer.

Check the return code of emac_phy_connect and fail cleanly if there is an
error.

Fixes: 128d5874c082 ("net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add ICSSG ethernet driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Hello everyone,

There is a possible NULL pointer dereference in the prueth_probe() function of
the icssg_prueth driver. I discovered this while testing a platform with one
PRUETH MAC enabled out of the two available.

These are the requirements to reproduce the bug:

prueth_probe() is called
either eth0_node or eth1_node is not NULL
in emac_phy_connect: of_phy_connect() returns NULL

Then, the following leads to the NULL pointer dereference:

prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]->ndev->phydev is set to NULL
prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]->ndev->phydev is passed to phy_attached_info()
-> phy_attached_print() dereferences phydev which is NULL

This series provides a fix by checking the return code of emac_phy_connect().

Best Regards,

Romain
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
index 7c9e9518f555a..1ea3fbd5e954e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_prueth.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,12 @@ static int prueth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

prueth->registered_netdevs[PRUETH_MAC0] = prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]->ndev;

- emac_phy_connect(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]);
+ ret = emac_phy_connect(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(dev,
+ "can't connect to MII0 PHY, error -%d", ret);
+ goto netdev_unregister;
+ }
phy_attached_info(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC0]->ndev->phydev);
}

@@ -1051,7 +1056,12 @@ static int prueth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
}

prueth->registered_netdevs[PRUETH_MAC1] = prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC1]->ndev;
- emac_phy_connect(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC1]);
+ ret = emac_phy_connect(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC1]);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(dev,
+ "can't connect to MII1 PHY, error %d", ret);
+ goto netdev_unregister;
+ }
phy_attached_info(prueth->emac[PRUETH_MAC1]->ndev->phydev);
}


---
base-commit: e4a87abf588536d1cdfb128595e6e680af5cf3ed
change-id: 20240521-icssg-prueth-fix-03b03064c5ce

Best regards,
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Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@xxxxxxxxxxx>