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net: phy: mdio-mux: Check return value of mdiobus_alloc()

Message ID 1450097511-13010-1-git-send-email-tklauser@distanz.ch
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Tobias Klauser Dec. 14, 2015, 12:51 p.m. UTC
mdiobus_alloc() might return NULL, but its return value is not
checked in mdio_mux_init(). This could potentially lead to a NULL
pointer dereference. Fix it by checking the return value

Fixes: 0ca2997d1452 ("netdev/of/phy: Add MDIO bus multiplexer support.")
Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
---
 drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

David Miller Dec. 14, 2015, 7:30 p.m. UTC | #1
From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:51:51 +0100

> mdiobus_alloc() might return NULL, but its return value is not
> checked in mdio_mux_init(). This could potentially lead to a NULL
> pointer dereference. Fix it by checking the return value
> 
> Fixes: 0ca2997d1452 ("netdev/of/phy: Add MDIO bus multiplexer support.")
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>

Applied, thanks Tobias.
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
index 908e8d486342..7f8e7662e28c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
@@ -149,9 +149,14 @@  int mdio_mux_init(struct device *dev,
 		}
 		cb->bus_number = v;
 		cb->parent = pb;
+
 		cb->mii_bus = mdiobus_alloc();
+		if (!cb->mii_bus) {
+			ret_val = -ENOMEM;
+			of_node_put(child_bus_node);
+			break;
+		}
 		cb->mii_bus->priv = cb;
-
 		cb->mii_bus->irq = cb->phy_irq;
 		cb->mii_bus->name = "mdio_mux";
 		snprintf(cb->mii_bus->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "%x.%x",