This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
usbnet: modern method to get random MAC
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:
usbnet-modern-method-to-get-random-mac.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 513aae7117344a0a99858f55e95e98b4ee30973f
Author: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Aug 29 19:50:55 2024 +0200
usbnet: modern method to get random MAC
[ Upstream commit bab8eb0dd4cb995caa4a0529d5655531c2ec5e8e ]
The driver generates a random MAC once on load
and uses it over and over, including on two devices
needing a random MAC at the same time.
Jakub suggested revamping the driver to the modern
API for setting a random MAC rather than fixing
the old stuff.
The bug is as old as the driver.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240829175201.670718-1-oneukum@xxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 95b8c612a179..8e4f85fb8c77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-// randomly generated ethernet address
-static u8 node_id [ETH_ALEN];
-
/* use ethtool to change the level for any given device */
static int msg_level = -1;
module_param (msg_level, int, 0);
@@ -1729,7 +1726,6 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
dev->net = net;
strscpy(net->name, "usb%d", sizeof(net->name));
- eth_hw_addr_set(net, node_id);
/* rx and tx sides can use different message sizes;
* bind() should set rx_urb_size in that case.
@@ -1803,9 +1799,9 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
goto out4;
}
- /* let userspace know we have a random address */
- if (ether_addr_equal(net->dev_addr, node_id))
- net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+ /* this flags the device for user space */
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(net->dev_addr))
+ eth_hw_addr_random(net);
if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_WLAN) != 0)
SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(net, &wlan_type);
@@ -2215,7 +2211,6 @@ static int __init usbnet_init(void)
BUILD_BUG_ON(
sizeof_field(struct sk_buff, cb) < sizeof(struct skb_data));
- eth_random_addr(node_id);
return 0;
}
module_init(usbnet_init);
