3.16.61-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Chas Williams 3chas3@gmail.com
commit 9a873c71e91cabf4c10fd9bbd8358c22deaf6c9e upstream.
If you simply load and unload the module without starting the interfaces, the queues are never created and you get a bad pointer dereference.
Signed-off-by: Chas Williams 3chas3@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk --- drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c @@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ static void xennet_disconnect_backend(st
netif_carrier_off(info->netdev);
- for (i = 0; i < num_queues; ++i) { + for (i = 0; i < num_queues && info->queues; ++i) { struct netfront_queue *queue = &info->queues[i];
del_timer_sync(&queue->rx_refill_timer); @@ -2294,7 +2294,8 @@ static int xennet_remove(struct xenbus_d
unregister_netdev(info->netdev);
- xennet_destroy_queues(info); + if (info->queues) + xennet_destroy_queues(info); xennet_free_netdev(info->netdev);
return 0;