[PATCH][next] wil6210: fix potential null dereference of ndev before null check
From: Colin King <hidden>
Date: 2018-03-28 17:40:31
Also in:
kernel-janitors, lkml, netdev
Subsystem:
atheros ath generic utilities, the rest, wilocity wil6210 wireless driver · Maintainers:
Jeff Johnson, Linus Torvalds
From: Colin Ian King <redacted>
The pointer ndev is being dereferenced before it is being null checked,
hence there is a potential null pointer deference. Fix this by only
dereferencing ndev after it has been null checked
Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1467010 ("Dereference before null check")
Fixes: e00243fab84b ("wil6210: infrastructure for multiple virtual interfaces")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
index a4b413e8d55a..82aec6b06d09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static void wil_fw_error_worker(struct work_struct *work) struct wil6210_priv *wil = container_of(work, struct wil6210_priv, fw_error_worker); struct net_device *ndev = wil->main_ndev; - struct wireless_dev *wdev = ndev->ieee80211_ptr; + struct wireless_dev *wdev; wil_dbg_misc(wil, "fw error worker\n");
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ static void wil_fw_error_worker(struct work_struct *work) wil_info(wil, "No recovery - interface is down\n"); return; } + wdev = ndev->ieee80211_ptr; /* increment @recovery_count if less then WIL6210_FW_RECOVERY_TO * passed since last recovery attempt
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