iwlwifi: mvm: fix potential NULL-dereference in iwl_mvm_reorder()
authorLuca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Mon, 16 May 2016 11:34:20 +0000 (14:34 +0300)
committerLuca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:34:34 +0000 (13:34 +0300)
We try to access sta before we check for IS_ERR_OR_NULL(), so we may
end up accessing a NULL pointer.  To prevent that, move the conversion
from sta to mvm_sta below the check.

Fixes: b915c10174fb ("iwlwifi: mvm: add reorder buffer per queue")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c

index ac2c571..2c61516 100644 (file)
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static bool iwl_mvm_reorder(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
                            struct iwl_rx_mpdu_desc *desc)
 {
        struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
-       struct iwl_mvm_sta *mvm_sta = iwl_mvm_sta_from_mac80211(sta);
+       struct iwl_mvm_sta *mvm_sta;
        struct iwl_mvm_baid_data *baid_data;
        struct iwl_mvm_reorder_buffer *buffer;
        struct sk_buff *tail;
@@ -604,6 +604,8 @@ static bool iwl_mvm_reorder(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
        if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sta)))
                return false;
 
+       mvm_sta = iwl_mvm_sta_from_mac80211(sta);
+
        /* not a data packet */
        if (!ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control) ||
            is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1))