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: 39549eef ("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>
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