[PATCH net 0/1] net: stmmac: dwmac-nuvoton: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvt_set_phy_intf_sel()

Joey Lu a0987203069 at gmail.com
Wed May 6 01:46:12 PDT 2026


This series fixes a NULL pointer dereference bug introduced in the
initial dwmac-nuvoton glue driver. The struct nvt_priv_data::dev field
was never initialized after devm_kzalloc(), leaving it NULL. When
phylink later calls nvt_set_phy_intf_sel() for interface selection,
the callback dereferences priv->dev via nvt_gmac_get_delay(), triggering
a NULL pointer dereference.

Joey Lu (1):
  net: stmmac: dwmac-nuvoton: fix NULL pointer dereference in
    nvt_set_phy_intf_sel()

 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-nuvoton.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

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2.43.0




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