Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 30 May 2021 14:16:23 -0700 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: fix kernel panic due to NULL pointer dereference of mdio_bus_data |
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On Fri, 28 May 2021 12:40:56 +0530 Sriranjani P wrote: > Fixed link does not need mdio bus and in that case mdio_bus_data will > not be allocated. Before using mdio_bus_data we should check for NULL. > > This patch fix the kernel panic due to NULL pointer dereference of > mdio_bus_data when it is not allocated. > > Without this patch we do see following kernel crash caused due to kernel > NULL pointer dereference.
Applied, thanks.
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