From: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, straube.linux@gmail.com
Cc: dan.carpenter@linaro.org, hansg@kernel.org,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 00:38:08 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260202063808.664468-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com> (raw)
The pwlan variable has the possibility of returning NULL and is not
checked for NULL and then later dereferenced.
Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
index f81a29cd6a78..29dd0b56223a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -835,8 +835,11 @@ static void find_network(struct adapter *adapter)
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))
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-02 6:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-02 6:38 Ethan Tidmore [this message]
2026-02-02 8:38 ` [PATCH v1] staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network Dan Carpenter
2026-02-02 8:38 ` Greg KH
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