Subject: Re: [PATCH RFT net-next] net: mdio: ensure the type of mdio devices match mdio drivers

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 16:58:53 +0200

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 03:54:44PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On the MDIO bus, we have PHYLIB devices and drivers, and we have non-
> PHYLIB devices and drivers. PHYLIB devices are MDIO devices that are
> wrapped with a struct phy_device.
> 
> Trying to bind a MDIO device with a PHYLIB driver results in out-of-
> bounds accesses as we attempt to access struct phy_device members. So,
> let's prevent this by ensuring that the type of the MDIO device
> (indicated by the MDIO_DEVICE_FLAG_PHY flag) matches the type of the
> MDIO driver (indicated by the MDIO_DEVICE_IS_PHY flag.)
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email-masked]
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <[email-masked]>
> ---
> Tested locally in SolidRun Clearfog, DSA switch and PHY get probed
> correctly. Further testing welcomed.
> 
>  drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> index 53f034fc2ef7..779e49715e91 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
> @@ -939,6 +939,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mdiobus_modify);
>  static int mdio_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
>  {
>  	struct mdio_device *mdio = to_mdio_device(dev);
> +	struct mdio_driver *mdiodrv = to_mdio_driver(drv);

DaveM would request these two lines are swapped for reverse Christmas tree.

      Andrew