[PATCH net-next v3] net: usb: lan78xx: fix error handling in lan78xx_open()

From: Stefano Munari

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 16:24:25 EST


A failed interrupt URB submission leaves NAPI enabled and EVENT_DEV_OPEN
set. A subsequent open enables NAPI again, triggering BUG_ON() in
napi_enable().

Clear EVENT_DEV_OPEN and disable NAPI on the submission error path.

Reproduced using failslab on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ (LAN7515).
With the fix, the injected allocation failure returns -ENOMEM and a
subsequent open succeeds. Verified connectivity with ping and SSH.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Munari <stefanomunari.sm@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Target net-next and drop the Fixes tag as requested by Andrew.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261020202614.30277-1-stefanomunari.sm@xxxxxxxxx
- Move cleanup code to err_napi unwind label as suggested by Nicolai.
- Add Nicolai's Reviewed-by tag.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261016000521.92868-1-stefanomunari.sm@xxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index 181e8c087..d73002b2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -3497,17 +3497,20 @@ static int lan78xx_open(struct net_device *net)
if (ret < 0) {
netif_err(dev, ifup, dev->net,
"intr submit %d\n", ret);
- goto done;
+ goto err_napi;
}
}

phylink_start(dev->phylink);
-
-done:
mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_mutex);

- if (ret < 0)
- usb_autopm_put_interface(dev->intf);
+ return 0;
+
+err_napi:
+ clear_bit(EVENT_DEV_OPEN, &dev->flags);
+ napi_disable(&dev->napi);
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_mutex);
+ usb_autopm_put_interface(dev->intf);

return ret;
}
--
2.55.0