net: sysfs: ethtool_ops can be NULL
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:23:33 +0000 (01:23 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:59:46 +0000 (03:59 -0700)
commit d519e17e2d01a0ee9abe083019532061b4438065
(net: export device speed and duplex via sysfs)
made the wrong assumption that netdev->ethtool_ops was always set.

This makes possible to crash kernel and let rtnl in locked state.

modprobe dummy
ip link set dummy0 up
(udev runs and crash)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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