From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 5AF422E6CC0; Sun, 1 Mar 2026 01:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772330044; cv=none; b=OHLGpOk/vP8CzzweozG/+ZZD4sOpFFsUqqcgJcNBAIcCXWqEHs/6U7ambrqESKYsedADzB/TAWL/otxBZ/rkXZS0fXEKAvV6CidUPpXTmVFXJg/kPKVPFeT8HdqJ9vMdqIHFPeFRURuwMXfOYapQjV8D/+jmr15YJ+I5tOXMv1c= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772330044; c=relaxed/simple; bh=L0vLKaJa41WR7N3GFw6yaBtH7B0+tbvOlTNfq1rxAD8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=tU//aiJb0PDEA5L0viRy0kAYwFz5mWnbjBYrITsOSH9VYQUt10rv/xGb3ncL/50Jc8oNsGDlOzwNqwnR5HEj7g4KCikMbkahElqHoB2FZW96JkHYwOtN8VQSOwprCa+4ceNvCsFc1F1C7o0zo88D1l6qgL6dzqrkPbKgWsFahEA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=kepOs2TH; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="kepOs2TH" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BFF08C19421; Sun, 1 Mar 2026 01:54:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772330044; bh=L0vLKaJa41WR7N3GFw6yaBtH7B0+tbvOlTNfq1rxAD8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=kepOs2THNTGayhoCjucN3w7/YA5i4hCK3tR8mV6QThx369E02mpOwPZhAwSzZSx+i QOVJFEs0Wsvy6XhzZ9LBzB+Ib8cjszJohGuENBLLSYAZrYbejDKAIu+dmnHv5WrhhT 1E1Vilb6s60UnMlrDm+FEdsP0SVccVauWdqkzO5qfBXS+ekbnCyeJVYvHk9xMkmfBG 1SoRWxnpMNygHXOEzn5XqUES0Av4lxesS/feS/iVplJAPHonNmIxHLnjGCLniKRwpl mRCUVfio/lsQqEtU/noAxaqbH9j50kZRLU38mGt3CPqC6VOXKzu01i8MAkSH+h8hUV OisAPIGLqW4mQ== From: Sasha Levin To: stable@vger.kernel.org, ethantidmore06@gmail.com Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev Subject: FAILED: Patch "staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:54:02 -0500 Message-ID: <20260301015402.1720952-1-sashal@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore X-stable: review Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to . Thanks, Sasha ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 41460a19654c32d39fd0e3a3671cd8d4b7b8479f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ethan Tidmore Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:54:29 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network The variable pwlan has the possibility of being NULL when passed into rtw_free_network_nolock() which would later dereference the variable. Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260202205429.20181-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c index b3a9e40054a7f..8e98344951acf 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c @@ -826,8 +826,10 @@ 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)) -- 2.51.0