Re: [-next] rtlwifi: kfree entry until after entry->bssid has been accessed

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Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The current code kfree's entry and then dereferences it by accessing
> entry->bssid.  Avoid the dereference-after-free by moving the kfree
> after the access to entry->bssid.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1448600 ("Read from pointer after free")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

d0116f6f7b30 rtlwifi: kfree entry until after entry->bssid has been accessed

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9819083/

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