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 5.15-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-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit c8b6efc9b995f506d2b8efe04a26427ee43d4a2f 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 1c9f4df273bd..faccab84d865 100644 --- a/net/ethtool/features.c +++ b/net/ethtool/features.c @@ -235,17 +235,20 @@ 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 */ @@ -282,6 +285,8 @@ 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(); dev_put(dev);