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[PATCH] libertas: fix possible NULL dereference

Started bySudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
First post2015-11-23 13:40 +0100
Last post2015-11-24 08:40 +0100
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  [PATCH] libertas: fix possible NULL dereference Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> - 2015-11-23 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] libertas: fix possible NULL dereference Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 00:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] libertas: fix possible NULL dereference Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 08:40 +0100

#1275283 — [PATCH] libertas: fix possible NULL dereference

FromSudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Date2015-11-23 13:40 +0100
Subject[PATCH] libertas: fix possible NULL dereference
Message-ID<qxYzw-1JL-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
We were dereferencing cmd first and checking for NULL later. Lets first
check for NULL.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c
index 8317afd..e38ad1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ static int lbs_associate(struct lbs_private *priv,
 	size_t len, resp_ie_len;
 	int status;
 	int ret;
-	u8 *pos = &(cmd->iebuf[0]);
+	u8 *pos;
 	u8 *tmp;
 
 	lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_CFG80211);
@@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ static int lbs_associate(struct lbs_private *priv,
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto done;
 	}
+	pos = &cmd->iebuf[0];
 
 	/*
 	 * cmd              50 00
-- 
1.9.1

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#1275969

FromAndy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date2015-11-24 00:50 +0100
Message-ID<qy91T-dn-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1275283
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Sudip Mukherjee
<sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> wrote:
> We were dereferencing cmd first and checking for NULL later. Lets first
> check for NULL.

However the patch is valid due to reducing error prone part, the
commit message seems wrong.
There is no dereferencing, it is a simple pointer arithmetic.

>
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c
> index 8317afd..e38ad1d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cfg.c
> @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ static int lbs_associate(struct lbs_private *priv,
>         size_t len, resp_ie_len;
>         int status;
>         int ret;
> -       u8 *pos = &(cmd->iebuf[0]);
> +       u8 *pos;
>         u8 *tmp;
>
>         lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_CFG80211);
> @@ -1117,6 +1117,7 @@ static int lbs_associate(struct lbs_private *priv,
>                 ret = -ENOMEM;
>                 goto done;
>         }
> +       pos = &cmd->iebuf[0];
>
>         /*
>          * cmd              50 00
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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#1276112

FromSudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Date2015-11-24 08:40 +0100
Message-ID<qygmK-558-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1275969
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 01:43:38AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Sudip Mukherjee
> <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We were dereferencing cmd first and checking for NULL later. Lets first
> > check for NULL.
> 
> However the patch is valid due to reducing error prone part, the
> commit message seems wrong.

I will send v2 with modified commit message.

regards
sudip
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