From bef9bacc4ec7ea6a02876164cd6ccaa4759edce4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mariusz Kozlowski Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:26:55 +0100 Subject: cfg80211:: fix possible NULL pointer dereference In cfg80211_inform_bss_frame() wiphy is first dereferenced on privsz initialisation and then it is checked for NULL. This patch fixes that. Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski Acked-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/wireless/scan.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/wireless/scan.c') diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c index ea427f418f64..300c11d99997 100644 --- a/net/wireless/scan.c +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c @@ -585,16 +585,23 @@ cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_internal_bss *res; size_t ielen = len - offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.probe_resp.variable); - size_t privsz = wiphy->bss_priv_size; + size_t privsz; + + if (WARN_ON(!mgmt)) + return NULL; + + if (WARN_ON(!wiphy)) + return NULL; if (WARN_ON(wiphy->signal_type == CFG80211_SIGNAL_TYPE_UNSPEC && (signal < 0 || signal > 100))) return NULL; - if (WARN_ON(!mgmt || !wiphy || - len < offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.probe_resp.variable))) + if (WARN_ON(len < offsetof(struct ieee80211_mgmt, u.probe_resp.variable))) return NULL; + privsz = wiphy->bss_priv_size; + res = kzalloc(sizeof(*res) + privsz + ielen, gfp); if (!res) return NULL; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b