| Message ID | YcS3D2lwMd0Kox3z@debian-BULLSEYE-live-builder-AMD64 (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Awaiting Upstream |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | rtw88: check for validity before using pointer | expand |
| Context | Check | Description |
|---|---|---|
| netdev/tree_selection | success | Not a local patch |
> -----Original Message----- > From: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com> > Sent: Friday, December 24, 2021 1:51 AM > To: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <tony0620emma@gmail.com>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>; David S. Miller > <davem@davemloft.net>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Pkshih <pkshih@realtek.com>; Bernie Huang > <phhuang@realtek.com>; open list:REALTEK WIRELESS DRIVER (rtw88) <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>; open > list:NETWORKING DRIVERS <netdev@vger.kernel.org>; open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Cc: usama.anjum@collabora.com; kernel@collabora.com > Subject: [PATCH] rtw88: check for validity before using pointer > > ieee80211_probereq_get() can return NULL. Pointer skb should be checked > for validty before use. > > Fixes: 10d162b2ed39 ("rtw88: 8822c: add ieee80211_ops::hw_scan") > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c > index 2f7c036f9022..0fc05a810d05 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c > @@ -1866,6 +1866,8 @@ static int rtw_hw_scan_update_probe_req(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, > req->ssids[i].ssid, > req->ssids[i].ssid_len, > req->ie_len); > + if (!skb) > + return -ENOMEM; > rtw_append_probe_req_ie(rtwdev, skb, &list, rtwvif); > kfree_skb(skb); > } Without properly freeing skb(s) in list, it leads memory leak. We need something below to free them: if (!skb) goto out; [...] out: skb_queue_walk(&list, skb) kfree_skb(skb); return -ENOMEM; So, NACK this patch. -- Ping-Ke
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c index 2f7c036f9022..0fc05a810d05 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c @@ -1866,6 +1866,8 @@ static int rtw_hw_scan_update_probe_req(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, req->ssids[i].ssid, req->ssids[i].ssid_len, req->ie_len); + if (!skb) + return -ENOMEM; rtw_append_probe_req_ie(rtwdev, skb, &list, rtwvif); kfree_skb(skb); }
ieee80211_probereq_get() can return NULL. Pointer skb should be checked for validty before use. Fixes: 10d162b2ed39 ("rtw88: 8822c: add ieee80211_ops::hw_scan") Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com> --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)