From cf1acec008f8d7761aa3fd7c4bca7e17b2d2512d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bo Chen Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:01:29 -0700 Subject: e1000: check on netif_running() before calling e1000_up() When the device is not up, the call to 'e1000_up()' from the error handling path of 'e1000_set_ringparam()' causes a kernel oops with a null-pointer dereference. The null-pointer dereference is triggered in function 'e1000_alloc_rx_buffers()' at line 'buffer_info = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i]'. This bug was reported by COD, a tool for testing kernel module binaries I am building. This bug was also detected by KFI from Dr. Kai Cong. This patch fixes the bug by checking on 'netif_running()' before calling 'e1000_up()' in 'e1000_set_ringparam()'. Signed-off-by: Bo Chen Acked-by: Alexander Duyck Tested-by: Aaron Brown Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000') diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c index bdb3f8e65ed4..c1e4e94f100f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c @@ -644,7 +644,8 @@ err_setup_rx: err_alloc_rx: kfree(txdr); err_alloc_tx: - e1000_up(adapter); + if (netif_running(adapter->netdev)) + e1000_up(adapter); err_setup: clear_bit(__E1000_RESETTING, &adapter->flags); return err; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b