[PATCH] net: mvpp2: fix NULL pointer dereference in mvpp2_phy_connect
Vincent Jardin
vjardin at free.fr
Tue Dec 16 01:53:52 CET 2025
Fix two NULL pointer dereferences in mvpp2_phy_connect():
1. port->phy_dev->dev is used in dev_warn() but
port->phy_dev is not assigned yet (assigned later at line below).
2. port->phy_dev->dev is used in dev_err() inside
the "if (!phy_dev)" block, which means phy_dev is NULL.
Both cases would cause a crash if the PHY detection fails or returns
a generic PHY. Use the already available 'dev' parameter instead.
Fixes: 9db60ee470c2 ("net: mvpp2: Convert netdev_xxx to dev_xxx")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Jardin <vjardin at free.fr>
---
drivers/net/mvpp2.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
index ae545fe229c..3f6f1978f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
@@ -4530,7 +4530,7 @@ static void mvpp2_phy_connect(struct udevice *dev, struct mvpp2_port *port)
*/
if (phy_dev &&
phy_dev->drv->uid == 0xffffffff) {/* Generic phy */
- dev_warn(port->phy_dev->dev,
+ dev_warn(dev,
"Marking phy as invalid, link will not be checked\n");
/* set phy_addr to invalid value */
port->phyaddr = PHY_MAX_ADDR;
@@ -4542,7 +4542,7 @@ static void mvpp2_phy_connect(struct udevice *dev, struct mvpp2_port *port)
port->phy_dev = phy_dev;
if (!phy_dev) {
- dev_err(port->phy_dev->dev, "cannot connect to phy\n");
+ dev_err(dev, "cannot connect to phy\n");
return;
}
phy_dev->supported &= PHY_GBIT_FEATURES;
--
2.43.0
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