[PATCH v2 net] net: dsa: microchip: Added the condition for scheduling ksz_mib_read_work

From: Arun Ramadoss
Date: Mon Oct 11 2021 - 11:48:33 EST


When the ksz module is installed and removed using rmmod, kernel crashes
with null pointer dereferrence error. During rmmod, ksz_switch_remove
function tries to cancel the mib_read_workqueue using
cancel_delayed_work_sync routine and unregister switch from dsa.

During dsa_unregister_switch it calls ksz_mac_link_down, which in turn
reschedules the workqueue since mib_interval is non-zero.
Due to which queue executed after mib_interval and it tries to access
dp->slave. But the slave is unregistered in the ksz_switch_remove
function. Hence kernel crashes.

To avoid this crash, before canceling the workqueue, resetted the
mib_interval to 0.

v1 -> v2:
-Removed the if condition in ksz_mib_read_work

Fixes: 469b390e1ba3 ("net: dsa: microchip: use delayed_work instead of timer + work")
Signed-off-by: Arun Ramadoss <arun.ramadoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
index 1542bfb8b5e5..7c2968a639eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/microchip/ksz_common.c
@@ -449,8 +449,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ksz_switch_register);
void ksz_switch_remove(struct ksz_device *dev)
{
/* timer started */
- if (dev->mib_read_interval)
+ if (dev->mib_read_interval) {
+ dev->mib_read_interval = 0;
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->mib_read);
+ }

dev->dev_ops->exit(dev);
dsa_unregister_switch(dev->ds);
--
2.33.0