From 0d1bb4e684935fce3fc71bdeb6c1fc89af8e59bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Glendinning Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:14:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] smsc9420: prevent BUG() if ethtool is called with interface down [ Upstream commit 6c53b1b15e222244358d3cbbefd2a13920faa352 ] This patch fixes a null pointer dereference BUG() if ethtool is used on an smsc9420 interface while it is down, because the phy_dev is only allocated while the interface is up. Signed-off-by: Steve Glendinning Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/smsc9420.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c index 60abdb1081a..97ababd189c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c +++ b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c @@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ static int smsc9420_ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev, { struct smsc9420_pdata *pd = netdev_priv(dev); + if (!pd->phy_dev) + return -ENODEV; + cmd->maxtxpkt = 1; cmd->maxrxpkt = 1; return phy_ethtool_gset(pd->phy_dev, cmd); @@ -262,6 +265,9 @@ static int smsc9420_ethtool_set_settings(struct net_device *dev, { struct smsc9420_pdata *pd = netdev_priv(dev); + if (!pd->phy_dev) + return -ENODEV; + return phy_ethtool_sset(pd->phy_dev, cmd); } @@ -290,6 +296,10 @@ static void smsc9420_ethtool_set_msglevel(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data) static int smsc9420_ethtool_nway_reset(struct net_device *netdev) { struct smsc9420_pdata *pd = netdev_priv(netdev); + + if (!pd->phy_dev) + return -ENODEV; + return phy_start_aneg(pd->phy_dev); } @@ -312,6 +322,10 @@ smsc9420_ethtool_getregs(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_regs *regs, for (i = 0; i < 0x100; i += (sizeof(u32))) data[j++] = smsc9420_reg_read(pd, i); + // cannot read phy registers if the net device is down + if (!phy_dev) + return; + for (i = 0; i <= 31; i++) data[j++] = smsc9420_mii_read(phy_dev->bus, phy_dev->addr, i); } -- 2.11.4.GIT