net: eth_write_hwaddr: Return error for invalid MACs

If dev->enetaddr was supposed to be set with dev->write_hwaddr() but the MAC
address was not valid, return an error.

Signed-off-by: Benoît Thébaudeau <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
Cc: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index 49458c8db9..321d5b18fd 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -218,9 +218,12 @@ int eth_write_hwaddr(struct eth_device *dev, const char *base_name,
 	}
 
 	if (dev->write_hwaddr &&
-			!eth_mac_skip(eth_number) &&
-			is_valid_ether_addr(dev->enetaddr))
+			!eth_mac_skip(eth_number)) {
+		if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->enetaddr))
+			return -1;
+
 		ret = dev->write_hwaddr(dev);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }