From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
To: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju@buaa.edu.cn>
Cc: johannes@sipsolutions.net, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: mac80211: Add NULL checks for sta->sdata
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 18:12:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZDBA7Ay1Y3Yr6Dg5@corigine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230404124734.201011-1-baijiaju@buaa.edu.cn>
On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 08:47:34PM +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>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-07 16:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-04 12:47 [PATCH v3] net: mac80211: Add NULL checks for sta->sdata Jia-Ju Bai
2023-04-07 16:12 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2023-04-11 10:35 ` Johannes Berg
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