linux/drivers/net/can/dev
Marc Kleine-Budde c1f3f9797c can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode
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: 39549eef35 ("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>
2025-07-22 12:55:13 +02:00
..
bittiming.c can: bittiming: can_validate_bitrate(): report error via netlink 2023-02-06 13:57:27 +01:00
calc_bittiming.c can: bittiming: can_calc_bittiming(): convert from netdev_err() to NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT() 2023-02-06 13:57:27 +01:00
dev.c can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode 2025-07-22 12:55:13 +02:00
length.c can: length: refactor frame lengths definition to add size in bits 2023-06-22 09:43:40 +02:00
Makefile can: Kconfig: add CONFIG_CAN_RX_OFFLOAD 2022-06-11 17:11:02 +02:00
netlink.c can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode 2025-07-22 12:55:13 +02:00
rx-offload.c netdev: replace napi_reschedule with napi_schedule 2023-10-11 17:28:06 -07:00
skb.c can: dev: can_put_echo_skb(): don't crash kernel if can_priv::echo_skb is accessed out of bounds 2023-10-05 21:34:13 +02:00