[PATCH v2 net] net: lapbether: handle NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE
Eric Dumazet <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Apr 2026 10:35:19 +0000
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-x25,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
lapbeth_data_transmit() expects the underlying device type
to be ARPHRD_ETHER.
Returning NOTIFY_BAD from lapbeth_device_event() makes sure
bonding driver can not break this expectation.
Fixes: 872254dd6b1f ("net/bonding: Enable bonding to enslave non ARPHRD_ETHER")
Reported-by: [email protected]
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/T/#u
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Cc: Martin Schiller <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
---
v2: cache lapbeth_get_x25_dev() result in @lapbeth.
make sure @lapbeth is set before returning NOTIFY_BAD.
drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c b/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
index f357a7ac70ac4756967730fa61c07258b4b3ac00..9861c99ea56c4efb03f22375b60f68665443e04d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c
@@ -446,33 +446,36 @@ static void lapbeth_free_device(struct lapbethdev *lapbeth)
static int lapbeth_device_event(struct notifier_block *this,
unsigned long event, void *ptr)
{
- struct lapbethdev *lapbeth;
struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
+ struct lapbethdev *lapbeth;
if (dev_net(dev) != &init_net)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
- if (!dev_is_ethdev(dev) && !lapbeth_get_x25_dev(dev))
+ lapbeth = lapbeth_get_x25_dev(dev);
+ if (!dev_is_ethdev(dev) && !lapbeth)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
switch (event) {
case NETDEV_UP:
/* New ethernet device -> new LAPB interface */
- if (!lapbeth_get_x25_dev(dev))
+ if (!lapbeth)
lapbeth_new_device(dev);
break;
case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
/* ethernet device closes -> close LAPB interface */
- lapbeth = lapbeth_get_x25_dev(dev);
if (lapbeth)
dev_close(lapbeth->axdev);
break;
case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
/* ethernet device disappears -> remove LAPB interface */
- lapbeth = lapbeth_get_x25_dev(dev);
if (lapbeth)
lapbeth_free_device(lapbeth);
break;
+ case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE:
+ /* Our underlying device type must not change. */
+ if (lapbeth)
+ return NOTIFY_BAD;
}
return NOTIFY_DONE;
--
2.53.0.1185.g05d4b7b318-goog