The variable pwlan has the possibility of being NULL when passed into
rtw_free_network_nolock() which would later dereference the variable.
Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Included more context to demonstrate possible null dereference.
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
index 8e1e1c97f0c4..e734d35c11a9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -828,22 +828,24 @@ static void rtw_reset_rx_info(struct debug_priv *pdbgpriv)
pdbgpriv->dbg_rx_ampdu_window_shift_cnt = 0;
}
static void find_network(struct adapter *adapter)
{
struct wlan_network *pwlan = NULL;
struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &adapter->mlmepriv;
struct wlan_network *tgt_network = &pmlmepriv->cur_network;
pwlan = rtw_find_network(&pmlmepriv->scanned_queue, tgt_network->network.mac_address);
- if (pwlan)
- pwlan->fixed = false;
+ if (!pwlan)
+ return;
+
+ pwlan->fixed = false;
if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, WIFI_ADHOC_MASTER_STATE) &&
(adapter->stapriv.asoc_sta_count == 1))
rtw_free_network_nolock(adapter, pwlan);
}
/* rtw_free_assoc_resources: the caller has to lock pmlmepriv->lock */
void rtw_free_assoc_resources(struct adapter *adapter, int lock_scanned_queue)
{
struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &adapter->mlmepriv;
--
2.52.0