he_spr_ie_elem is dereferenced before the NULL check. fix this by moving the assignment after the check. fixes commit 697f6c507c74 ("mac80211: propagate HE operation info into bss_conf") This was reported by the static code checker. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/he.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/he.c b/net/mac80211/he.c index a02abfc424aa..736da0035135 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/he.c +++ b/net/mac80211/he.c @@ -72,12 +72,13 @@ ieee80211_he_spr_ie_to_bss_conf(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, { struct ieee80211_he_obss_pd *he_obss_pd = &vif->bss_conf.he_obss_pd; - const u8 *data = he_spr_ie_elem->optional; + const u8 *data; memset(he_obss_pd, 0, sizeof(*he_obss_pd)); if (!he_spr_ie_elem) return; + data = he_spr_ie_elem->optional; if (he_spr_ie_elem->he_sr_control & IEEE80211_HE_SPR_NON_SRG_OFFSET_PRESENT) -- 2.20.1