net: sysfs: ethtool_ops can be NULL
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:23:33 +0000 (01:23 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:59:46 +0000 (03:59 -0700)
commit d519e17e2d01a0ee9abe083019532061b4438065
(net: export device speed and duplex via sysfs)
made the wrong assumption that netdev->ethtool_ops was always set.

This makes possible to crash kernel and let rtnl in locked state.

modprobe dummy
ip link set dummy0 up
(udev runs and crash)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/net-sysfs.c

index 753c420060df5c3c601f2610fe360ecc7ac903ef..89de182353b0e9ce061871854544b18d5315c987 100644 (file)
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ static ssize_t show_speed(struct device *dev,
        if (!rtnl_trylock())
                return restart_syscall();
 
-       if (netif_running(netdev) && netdev->ethtool_ops->get_settings) {
+       if (netif_running(netdev) &&
+           netdev->ethtool_ops &&
+           netdev->ethtool_ops->get_settings) {
                struct ethtool_cmd cmd = { ETHTOOL_GSET };
 
                if (!netdev->ethtool_ops->get_settings(netdev, &cmd))
@@ -158,7 +160,9 @@ static ssize_t show_duplex(struct device *dev,
        if (!rtnl_trylock())
                return restart_syscall();
 
-       if (netif_running(netdev) && netdev->ethtool_ops->get_settings) {
+       if (netif_running(netdev) &&
+           netdev->ethtool_ops &&
+           netdev->ethtool_ops->get_settings) {
                struct ethtool_cmd cmd = { ETHTOOL_GSET };
 
                if (!netdev->ethtool_ops->get_settings(netdev, &cmd))
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