On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 08:47:03AM -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> From: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxx>
>
> Since commit f1131b9c23fb ("net: phy: micrel: use
> kszphy_suspend()/kszphy_resume for irq aware devices") the following
> NULL pointer dereference is observed on a board with KSZ8061:
>
> # udhcpc -i eth0
> udhcpc: started, v1.35.0
> 8<--- cut here ---
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008
> pgd = f73cef4e
> [00000008] *pgd=00000000
> Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] SMP ARM
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 0 PID: 196 Comm: ifconfig Not tainted 5.15.37-dirty #94
> Hardware name: Freescale i.MX6 SoloX (Device Tree)
> PC is at kszphy_config_reset+0x10/0x114
> LR is at kszphy_resume+0x24/0x64
> ...
>
> The KSZ8061 phy_driver structure does not have the .probe/..driver_data
> fields, which means that priv is not allocated.
>
> This causes the NULL pointer dereference inside kszphy_config_reset().
>
> Fix the problem by using the generic suspend/resume functions as before.
Hi Fabio
Thanks for the fix. What you fail to mention is why not call
kszphy_probe() to populate priv? What makes this PHY special that it
does not need the probe call?
Looking at the ksphy_driver structure, this seems to affect
PHY_ID_KS8737 and PHY_ID_KSZ8061
Thanks
Andrew
