[PATCH v2] net/ixgbe: fix null dereference on EEPROM write for E610
Sandeep Penigalapati
sandeep.penigalapati at intel.com
Mon Sep 28 22:12:53 CEST 2026
E610 does not support EEPROM writes and leaves eeprom.ops.write_buffer
as NULL. ixgbe_set_eeprom() calls this pointer without checking it,
causing a NULL pointer dereference when a set-eeprom request is issued
on an E610 port.
Check the op for NULL and return -ENOTSUP instead.
Fixes: 316637762a5f ("net/ixgbe/base: enable E610 device")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Sandeep Penigalapati <sandeep.penigalapati at intel.com>
---
v2:
- Moved the NULL check before the argument validation so an
unsupported request returns -ENOTSUP instead of -EINVAL.
drivers/net/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index 78e19f94c0..b7b2b92e3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -7362,6 +7362,9 @@ ixgbe_set_eeprom(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
return -E_RTE_SECONDARY;
+ if (eeprom->ops.write_buffer == NULL)
+ return -ENOTSUP;
+
first = in_eeprom->offset >> 1;
length = in_eeprom->length >> 1;
if ((first > hw->eeprom.word_size) ||
--
2.27.0
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