This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ethtool: netlink: Add missing ethnl_ops_begin/complete
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ethtool-netlink-add-missing-ethnl_ops_begin-complete.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit bb504c21569e777288bf84a99c0fcbaa2724693a
Author: Ludvig Pärsson <ludvig.parsson@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Jan 17 13:03:14 2024 +0100
ethtool: netlink: Add missing ethnl_ops_begin/complete
[ Upstream commit f1172f3ee3a98754d95b968968920a7d03fdebcc ]
Accessing an ethernet device that is powered off or clock gated might
cause the CPU to hang. Add ethnl_ops_begin/complete in
ethnl_set_features() to protect against this.
Fixes: 0980bfcd6954 ("ethtool: set netdev features with FEATURES_SET request")
Signed-off-by: Ludvig Pärsson <ludvig.parsson@xxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240117-etht2-v2-1-1a96b6e8c650@xxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/ethtool/features.c b/net/ethtool/features.c
index 55d449a2d3fc..090e493f592e 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/features.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/features.c
@@ -234,17 +234,20 @@ int ethnl_set_features(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
dev = req_info.dev;
rtnl_lock();
+ ret = ethnl_ops_begin(dev);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto out_rtnl;
ethnl_features_to_bitmap(old_active, dev->features);
ethnl_features_to_bitmap(old_wanted, dev->wanted_features);
ret = ethnl_parse_bitset(req_wanted, req_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT,
tb[ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED],
netdev_features_strings, info->extack);
if (ret < 0)
- goto out_rtnl;
+ goto out_ops;
if (ethnl_bitmap_to_features(req_mask) & ~NETIF_F_ETHTOOL_BITS) {
GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "attempt to change non-ethtool features");
ret = -EINVAL;
- goto out_rtnl;
+ goto out_ops;
}
/* set req_wanted bits not in req_mask from old_wanted */
@@ -281,6 +284,8 @@ int ethnl_set_features(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (mod)
netdev_features_change(dev);
+out_ops:
+ ethnl_ops_complete(dev);
out_rtnl:
rtnl_unlock();
ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info);
