The printk() is supposed to be ratelimited but we should always goto out when fwd_skb is NULL. Otherwise it gets dereferenced on the next line. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c index 5e9d3bc..dc8b566 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c @@ -1831,8 +1831,9 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx) fwd_skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); - if (!fwd_skb && net_ratelimit()) { - printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: failed to clone mesh frame\n", + if (!fwd_skb) { + if (net_ratelimit()) + printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: failed to clone mesh frame\n", sdata->name); goto out; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html