From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> Clang static analysis reports this error brcmfmac/core.c:490:4: warning: Dereference of null pointer (*ifp)->ndev->stats.rx_errors++; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this block of code if (ret || !(*ifp) || !(*ifp)->ndev) { if (ret != -ENODATA && *ifp) (*ifp)->ndev->stats.rx_errors++; brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(skb); return -ENODATA; } (*ifp)->ndev being NULL is caught as an error But then it is used to report the error. So add a check before using it. Fixes: 91b632803ee4 ("brcmfmac: Use net_device_stats from struct net_device") Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c index f89010a81ffb..aa9ced3c86fb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static int brcmf_rx_hdrpull(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, struct sk_buff *skb, ret = brcmf_proto_hdrpull(drvr, true, skb, ifp); if (ret || !(*ifp) || !(*ifp)->ndev) { - if (ret != -ENODATA && *ifp) + if (ret != -ENODATA && *ifp && (*ifp)->ndev) (*ifp)->ndev->stats.rx_errors++; brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(skb); return -ENODATA; -- 2.18.1