From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx4.wp.pl (mx4.wp.pl [212.77.101.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DE2724E4B4 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2026 08:59:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.77.101.12 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767776395; cv=none; b=WCpePFmYgnDJUVo5c9e6zd+DdjCX0Ju0ZqHW0eU7CbjDPW37yb4hIlMYwd1quMs2YeCjESMezWtnC1RdNbbkWIFMuGMRorA2NIDJ2kO/KqRFJEzepgA8tGqrauySXVW7Jfg+6eUMOqaM1QIsB3zF4MzQ07IgbG5cfjWHmKSOqS8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767776395; c=relaxed/simple; bh=G01bw8VodzuEhXVLxUpWrkZQy2RRY/bfUMnHSxC/oX0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=lSlnsAxgNKWqrit+9bdzd21z/yhINRWWQZhPenUD9OIAIn5oWaOmQs67kq/7nk9KtxP2UmtY820/d1Bk4tzEAwbvWeePRFxx4/IF8SjNtszdWil2a+4XWBf/PtO7kVEndYUPdPKnKjCRb4vUmiCNUH5JtJ6e8AaSoFC7Amye/Yk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=wp.pl; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=wp.pl; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=wp.pl header.i=@wp.pl header.b=ajWcDGAn; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.77.101.12 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=wp.pl Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=wp.pl Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=wp.pl header.i=@wp.pl header.b="ajWcDGAn" Received: (wp-smtpd smtp.wp.pl 31647 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2026 09:59:50 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=wp.pl; s=20241105; t=1767776390; bh=biprdf4NEHgzmjxcS6k4/ivu+RhzDzUbVcbuXvqvFnM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject; b=ajWcDGAnMGqIt66vbOAH0mOyZNIwe/Pxvm/TWT4rTdMmqhhUYSKVQGnFVwazDdrKJ NLDW4/wjPecPgixnmjgqh0U5m6f1oANq/6S9ORde+x+Q7dT3XM2EN3syUYDLAmQk5Q Owlp8lV8nmzNYnf3ltq88BoR2rWdLTqFWJCfDVK7ieu65MlsKs4MFPKtlghAk9nWNh GFe0g6kL8C1ZO7eyssMRXkGrHOJ+vfnnNNoKyWIMOa5QIbd1qSjWQJZlhfytsWaayg /O9W788e4wAUv+OItaWXtYD9l0vaS1xvMrjeA/lw2oV0XrIniDJzKEyPH3iHY6CFuK CAXwfjz/0T84A== Received: from 89-64-9-177.dynamic.play.pl (HELO localhost) (stf_xl@wp.pl@[89.64.9.177]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.wp.pl (WP-SMTPD) with ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted SMTP for ; 7 Jan 2026 09:59:50 +0100 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:59:49 +0100 From: Stanislaw Gruszka To: Tuo Li Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: iwlegacy: 3945-rs: fix possible null-pointer dereferences in il3945_rs_get_rate() Message-ID: <20260107085949.GA35258@wp.pl> References: <20260107084149.173289-1-islituo@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260107084149.173289-1-islituo@gmail.com> X-WP-MailID: e9fd3caef925315737ca5eefda8df96d X-WP-AV: skaner antywirusowy Poczty Wirtualnej Polski X-WP-SPAM: NO 0000003 [IbDF] On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 04:41:49PM +0800, Tuo Li wrote: > In this function, il_sta is assigned to rs_sta, and rs_sta is dereferenced > at several points. If il_sta is NULL, this can lead to null-pointer > dereferences. To fix this issue, add an early check for il_sta and return > if it is NULL, consistent with the handling in il3945_rs_tx_status(). > > Besides, if the STA il data is uninitialized, return early instead of > setting il_sta to NULL, consistent with the handling in > il3945_rs_tx_status(). > > Signed-off-by: Tuo Li Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Thanks Stanislaw > --- > v2: > * Return early for uninitialized STA il data and align D_RATE messages with > il3945_rs_tx_status(). Add a wifi: prefix to the patch title. > Thanks to Stanislaw Gruszka for the helpful advice. > --- > drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-rs.c | 11 ++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-rs.c > index 1826c37c090c..c509c89bba00 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-rs.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-rs.c > @@ -626,10 +626,15 @@ il3945_rs_get_rate(void *il_r, struct ieee80211_sta *sta, void *il_sta, > > D_RATE("enter\n"); > > + if (!il_sta) { > + D_RATE("leave: No STA il data to update!\n"); > + return; > + } > + > /* Treat uninitialized rate scaling data same as non-existing. */ > - if (rs_sta && !rs_sta->il) { > - D_RATE("Rate scaling information not initialized yet.\n"); > - il_sta = NULL; > + if (!rs_sta->il) { > + D_RATE("leave: STA il data uninitialized!\n"); > + return; > } > > rate_mask = sta->deflink.supp_rates[sband->band]; > -- > 2.43.0 >