Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2026-02-05
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[PATCH v3 wireless] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in monitor mode

From: Dhyan K Prajapati <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-05 17:23:30
Also in: linux-wireless, stable
Subsystem: mac80211, the rest · Maintainers: Johannes Berg, Linus Torvalds

From: dhyaan19022009-hue <redacted>

Signed-off-by: dhyaan19022009-hue <redacted>
---
 net/mac80211/main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index b05e313c7..190222c26 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ void ieee80211_link_info_change_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
 		if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, WANT_MONITOR_VIF))
 			return;
+		if (!link->conf->bss)
+			return;
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
-- 
2.43.0
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