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* [PATCH] qtnfmac: fix NULL pointer dereference
@ 2018-06-01 13:24 Gustavo A. R. Silva
  2018-06-01 14:08 ` Sergey Matyukevich
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Gustavo A. R. Silva @ 2018-06-01 13:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Igor Mitsyanko, Avinash Patil, Sergey Matyukevich, Kalle Valo,
	David S. Miller
  Cc: linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel, Gustavo A. R. Silva,
	kernel-janitors

In case *vif* is NULL at 655: if (!vif), the execution path jumps to
label out, where *vif* is dereferenced at 679:

if (vif->sta_state == QTNF_STA_CONNECTING)

Fix this by immediately returning when *vif* is NULL instead of
jumping to label out.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1469567 ("Dereference after null check")
Fixes: 480daa9cb62c ("qtnfmac: fix invalid STA state on EAPOL failure")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
index 220e2b7..ae0ca80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -654,8 +654,7 @@ qtnf_disconnect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	vif = qtnf_mac_get_base_vif(mac);
 	if (!vif) {
 		pr_err("MAC%u: primary VIF is not configured\n", mac->macid);
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto out;
+		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
 	if (vif->wdev.iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
-- 
2.7.4

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