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From: Vineeth Karumanchi <vineeth.karumanchi@amd.com>
To: <theo.lebrun@bootlin.com>, <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
	<andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
	<edumazet@google.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: <vineeth.karumanchi@amd.com>, <git@amd.com>,
	<netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: macb: fix NULL pointer dereference on unbind with fixed-link
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 15:58:36 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902102836.2019355-1-vineeth.karumanchi@amd.com> (raw)

When the device tree describes a fixed-link and has no "mdio" child
node, macb_mii_init() returns early without allocating the MDIO bus,
leaving bp->mii_bus as NULL.

Two cleanup paths then dereference this NULL bus:

1. On driver unbind, macb_remove() unconditionally calls
   mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus), which oopses:

  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000004a8
  pc : mdiobus_unregister+0x14/0xa4
  lr : macb_remove+0x38/0xa4
  Call trace:
   mdiobus_unregister+0x14/0xa4 (P)
   macb_remove+0x38/0xa4
   platform_remove+0x20/0x30
   device_release_driver_internal+0x1c8/0x224
   unbind_store+0xb4/0xbc

2. On the probe error path in macb_probe(), reached when
   macb_mii_init() has succeeded but a subsequent step fails, the
   err_out_unregister_mdio label runs the same unconditional cleanup.

mdiobus_unregister() and mdiobus_free() do not guard against a NULL
bus, so guard the calls in both macb_remove() and the probe error
path.

Fixes: d0c3601f2c4e ("net: macb: Avoid 20s boot delay by skipping MDIO bus registration for fixed-link PHY")
Signed-off-by: Vineeth Karumanchi <vineeth.karumanchi@amd.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
index 76ee4f506033..88eebe187eac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
@@ -5971,8 +5971,10 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	macb_free_tieoff(bp);
 
 err_out_unregister_mdio:
-	mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus);
-	mdiobus_free(bp->mii_bus);
+	if (bp->mii_bus) {
+		mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus);
+		mdiobus_free(bp->mii_bus);
+	}
 
 err_out_phy_exit:
 	phy_exit(bp->phy);
@@ -6001,8 +6003,10 @@ static void macb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		unregister_netdev(netdev);
 		macb_free_tieoff(bp);
 		phy_exit(bp->phy);
-		mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus);
-		mdiobus_free(bp->mii_bus);
+		if (bp->mii_bus) {
+			mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus);
+			mdiobus_free(bp->mii_bus);
+		}
 
 		device_set_wakeup_enable(&bp->pdev->dev, 0);
 		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bp->tx_lpi_work);
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-02 10:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-02 10:28 Vineeth Karumanchi [this message]
2026-09-03  2:17 ` Xuanqiang Luo
2026-09-03  7:23 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-09-03  8:28   ` Théo Lebrun
2026-09-03  8:27 ` Théo Lebrun
2026-09-03  9:37   ` Karumanchi, Vineeth

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