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[v2] ethtool: check the ethtool_ops is NULL in dev_ethtool

Message ID 5302BAA0.9060905@huawei.com
State Rejected, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Commit Message

wangweidong Feb. 18, 2014, 1:42 a.m. UTC
some drivers maybe not implement the ethtool_ops with only
set NULL to ethtool_ops. So when call the ethtool devx will
lead to a 'NULL pointer dereference'.

So add a check in dev_ethtool

Signed-off-by: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@huawei.com>
---
Change note:

v2: fix a trailing whitespace/tab pointed out by Daniel

---
 net/core/ethtool.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Comments

wangweidong Feb. 18, 2014, 10:41 a.m. UTC | #1
Just ignore it.

Regards
Wang

On 2014/2/18 9:42, Wang Weidong wrote:
> some drivers maybe not implement the ethtool_ops with only
> set NULL to ethtool_ops. So when call the ethtool devx will
> lead to a 'NULL pointer dereference'.
> 
> So add a check in dev_ethtool
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@huawei.com>
> ---
> Change note:
> 
> v2: fix a trailing whitespace/tab pointed out by Daniel
> 
> ---
>  net/core/ethtool.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
> index 30071de..c8cfd8f 100644
> --- a/net/core/ethtool.c
> +++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
> @@ -1500,6 +1500,9 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
>  			return -EPERM;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!dev->ethtool_ops)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
>  	if (dev->ethtool_ops->begin) {
>  		rc = dev->ethtool_ops->begin(dev);
>  		if (rc  < 0)
> 


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diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 30071de..c8cfd8f 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1500,6 +1500,9 @@  int dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr)
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	if (!dev->ethtool_ops)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (dev->ethtool_ops->begin) {
 		rc = dev->ethtool_ops->begin(dev);
 		if (rc  < 0)