Re: [PATCH v2] net: mac80211: Add NULL checks for sta->sdata

[Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 05:58:13PM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> Thanks for your reply, and sorry for the delay.
> 
> On 2023/3/26 23:05, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 05:31:22PM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> > > In a previous commit 69403bad97aa ("wifi: mac80211: sdata can be NULL
> > > during AMPDU start"), sta->sdata can be NULL, and thus it should be
> > > checked before being used.
> > > 
> > > However, in the same call stack, sta->sdata is also used in the
> > > following functions:
> > > 
> > > ieee80211_ba_session_work()
> > >    ___ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session(sta)
> > >      ht_dbg(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> > >      sdata_info(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> > >      ieee80211_send_delba(sta->sdata, ...) -> No check
> > >    ___ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session(sta)
> > >      ht_dbg(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> > >      ht_dbg_ratelimited(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> > >    ieee80211_tx_ba_session_handle_start(sta)
> > >      sdata = sta->sdata; if (!sdata) -> Add check by previous commit
> > >    ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(sdata)
> > >      ht_dbg(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> > >    ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb(sdata)
> > >      sdata = sta->sdata; local = sdata->local -> No check
> > >    ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb(sdata)
> > >      ht_dbg(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> > > 
> > > Thus, to avoid possible null-pointer dereferences, the related checks
> > > should be added.
> > > 
> > > These bugs are reported by a static analysis tool implemented by myself,
> > > and they are found by extending a known bug fixed in the previous commit.
> > > Thus, they could be theoretical bugs.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju@buaa.edu.cn>
> > > ---
> > > v2:
> > > * Fix an error reported by checkpatch.pl, and make the bug finding
> > >    process more clear in the description. Thanks for Simon's advice.
> > > ---
> > >   net/mac80211/agg-rx.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> > >   net/mac80211/agg-tx.c | 16 ++++++++--
> > >   2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
> > > index c6fa53230450..6616970785a2 100644
> > > --- a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
> > > +++ b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
> > > @@ -80,19 +80,21 @@ void ___ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta, u16 tid,
> > >   	RCU_INIT_POINTER(sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid], NULL);
> > >   	__clear_bit(tid, sta->ampdu_mlme.agg_session_valid);
> > > -	ht_dbg(sta->sdata,
> > > -	       "Rx BA session stop requested for %pM tid %u %s reason: %d\n", > -	       sta->sta.addr, tid,
> > > -	       initiator == WLAN_BACK_RECIPIENT ? "recipient" : "initiator",
> > > -	       (int)reason);
> > > +	if (sta->sdata) {
> > > +		ht_dbg(sta->sdata,
> > > +		       "Rx BA session stop requested for %pM tid %u %s reason: %d\n",
> > > +		       sta->sta.addr, tid,
> > > +		       initiator == WLAN_BACK_RECIPIENT ? "recipient" : "initiator",
> > > +		       (int)reason);
> > > +	}
> > The first line of the body of ___ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session() is:
> > 
> > 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sta->sdata->local;
> > 
> > So a NULL pointer dereference will have occurred before
> > the checks this change adds to that function.
> 
> I checked the source code again (including the latest version 6.3-rc5).
> The first line of the body of ___ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session() is:
> 
>     struct ieee80211_local *local = sta->local;
> 
> Thus, there is no dereference of sta->sdata.

My mistake, sorry about that.

> In a different function, namely ___ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session(), the
> first line is:
> 
>     struct ieee80211_local *local = sta->sdata->local;

Yes, I see that too.

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