Re: [PATCH net 1/3] ionic: check for a NULL port_info in the remaining ethtool ops

On 15/08/2026 01:00, Eric Joyner wrote:
> port_info is a coherent DMA buffer that the firmware keeps up to date.
> ionic_port_init() frees it and sets idev->port_info to NULL when the
> device command to initialize the port fails, and that failure path can
> run while the netdev is still registered:
> 
>    ionic_lif_deferred_work()
>     -> ionic_lif_handle_fw_up()
>         -> ionic_port_init()
> 
>    ionic_reset_done()
>     -> ionic_setup_one()
>         -> ionic_port_init()
> 
> ionic_get_link_ext_stats() and ionic_get_link_ksettings() already test
> the pointer before using it, but the rest of the ethtool ops dereference
> it blindly, so an unprivileged "ethtool --show-fec eth0" can oops after
> a failed firmware recovery.
> 
> Add the same check to the ops that were missing it.
> 
> Fixes: c672412f6172 ("ionic: remove lifs on fw reset")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
> Signed-off-by: Eric Joyner <[email protected]>
> ---
>   .../net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_ethtool.c    | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <[email protected]>