of_get_phy_mode may fail and return a negative error code; the fix checks the return value of of_get_phy_mode and returns NULL of it fails. Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c index 339b2eae2100..239eeafe1b2d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c @@ -3187,6 +3187,8 @@ static struct sh_eth_plat_data *sh_eth_parse_dt(struct device *dev) return NULL; pdata->phy_interface = of_get_phy_mode(np); + if (pdata->phy_interface < 0) + return NULL; mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np); if (mac_addr) -- 2.17.1