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can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode
authorMarc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:35:46 +0000 (22:35 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 1 Aug 2025 08:47:29 +0000 (09:47 +0100)
commitcf81a60a973358dea163f6b14062f17831ceb894
tree22e5cd39be4874402ef39b18bf555850bfc76935
parent359492c2024ad39ccdfaacb7cbd55162db5cd58c
can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode

[ Upstream commit c1f3f9797c1f44a762e6f5f72520b2e520537b52 ]

Andrei Lalaev reported a NULL pointer deref when a CAN device is
restarted from Bus Off and the driver does not implement the struct
can_priv::do_set_mode callback.

There are 2 code path that call struct can_priv::do_set_mode:
- directly by a manual restart from the user space, via
  can_changelink()
- delayed automatic restart after bus off (deactivated by default)

To prevent the NULL pointer deference, refuse a manual restart or
configure the automatic restart delay in can_changelink() and report
the error via extack to user space.

As an additional safety measure let can_restart() return an error if
can_priv::do_set_mode is not set instead of dereferencing it
unchecked.

Reported-by: Andrei Lalaev <andrey.lalaev@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250714175520.307467-1-andrey.lalaev@gmail.com
Fixes: 39549eef3587 ("can: CAN Network device driver and Netlink interface")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250718-fix-nullptr-deref-do_set_mode-v1-1-0b520097bb96@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
drivers/net/can/dev/dev.c
drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c