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authorRussell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>2021-10-07 14:23:32 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-10-08 15:21:25 +0100
commit2b12d51c4fa8dab6a879681cbf52f30e667c928c (patch)
treead2e0338dc1961fcc02127b67be77059d34d89fc /drivers/net
parentnet: mdio: ensure the type of mdio devices match mdio drivers (diff)
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net: phylib: ensure phy device drivers do not match by DT
PHYLIB device drivers must match by either numerical PHY ID or by their .match_phy_device method. Matching by DT is not permitted. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2b1dc053-8c9a-e3e4-b450-eecdfca3fe16@gmail.com Tested-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index ba5ad86ec826..ba295b8ad8fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -3146,6 +3146,16 @@ int phy_driver_register(struct phy_driver *new_driver, struct module *owner)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /* PHYLIB device drivers must not match using a DT compatible table
+ * as this bypasses our checks that the mdiodev that is being matched
+ * is backed by a struct phy_device. If such a case happens, we will
+ * make out-of-bounds accesses and lockup in phydev->lock.
+ */
+ if (WARN(new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.of_match_table,
+ "%s: driver must not provide a DT match table\n",
+ new_driver->name))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
new_driver->mdiodrv.flags |= MDIO_DEVICE_IS_PHY;
new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.name = new_driver->name;
new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.bus = &mdio_bus_type;