History log of /linux-master/drivers/net/ethernet/asix/ax88796c_spi.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# f93fd0ca 21-Nov-2021 Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org>

net: ax88796c: do not receive data in pointer

Function axspi_read_status calls:

ret = spi_write_then_read(ax_spi->spi, ax_spi->cmd_buf, 1,
(u8 *)&status, 3);

status is a pointer to a struct spi_status, which is 3-byte wide:

struct spi_status {
u16 isr;
u8 status;
};

But &status is the pointer to this pointer, and spi_write_then_read does
not dereference this parameter:

int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_device *spi,
const void *txbuf, unsigned n_tx,
void *rxbuf, unsigned n_rx)

Therefore axspi_read_status currently receive a SPI response in the
pointer status, which overwrites 24 bits of the pointer.

Thankfully, on Little-Endian systems, the pointer is only used in

le16_to_cpus(&status->isr);

... which is a no-operation. So there, the overwritten pointer is not
dereferenced. Nevertheless on Big-Endian systems, this can lead to
dereferencing pointers after their 24 most significant bits were
overwritten. And in all systems this leads to possible use of
uninitialized value in functions calling spi_write_then_read which
expect status to be initialized when the function returns.

Moreover function axspi_read_status (and macro AX_READ_STATUS) do not
seem to be used anywhere. So currently this seems to be dead code. Fix
the issue anyway so that future code works properly when using function
axspi_read_status.

Fixes: a97c69ba4f30 ("net: ax88796c: ASIX AX88796C SPI Ethernet Adapter Driver")

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org>
Acked-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>


# a97c69ba 20-Oct-2021 Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@samsung.com>

net: ax88796c: ASIX AX88796C SPI Ethernet Adapter Driver

ASIX AX88796[1] is a versatile ethernet adapter chip, that can be
connected to a CPU with a 8/16-bit bus or with an SPI. This driver
supports SPI connection.

The driver has been ported from the vendor kernel for ARTIK5[2]
boards. Several changes were made to adapt it to the current kernel
which include:

+ updated DT configuration,
+ clock configuration moved to DT,
+ new timer, ethtool and gpio APIs,
+ dev_* instead of pr_* and custom printk() wrappers,
+ removed awkward vendor power managemtn.
+ introduced ethtool tunable to control SPI compression

[1] https://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=104;65;86&PLine=65
[2] https://git.tizen.org/cgit/profile/common/platform/kernel/linux-3.10-artik/

The other ax88796 driver is for NE2000 compatible AX88796L chip. These
chips are not compatible. Hence, two separate drivers are required.

Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>