> -----Original Message-----
> From: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2021 3:36 PM
> To: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <tony0620emma@xxxxxxxxx>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller
> <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Bernie Huang <phhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Pkshih
> <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>; open list:REALTEK WIRELESS DRIVER (rtw88) <linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; open
> list:NETWORKING DRIVERS <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; open list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH v2] rtw88: check for validity before using a pointer
>
> ieee80211_probereq_get() can return NULL. Pointer skb should be checked
> for validty before use. If it is not valid, list of skbs needs to be
> freed to not memory leak.
>
> Fixes: 10d162b2ed39 ("rtw88: 8822c: add ieee80211_ops::hw_scan")
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v2:
> Free the list in case of error
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> index 2f7c036f9022..7e1fab7afb69 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
> @@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ static int rtw_hw_scan_update_probe_req(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
> {
> struct cfg80211_scan_request *req = rtwvif->scan_req;
> struct sk_buff_head list;
> - struct sk_buff *skb;
> + struct sk_buff *skb, *tmp;
> u8 num = req->n_ssids, i;
>
> skb_queue_head_init(&list);
> @@ -1866,11 +1866,19 @@ static int rtw_hw_scan_update_probe_req(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
> req->ssids[i].ssid,
> req->ssids[i].ssid_len,
> req->ie_len);
> + if (!skb)
> + goto out;
> rtw_append_probe_req_ie(rtwdev, skb, &list, rtwvif);
> kfree_skb(skb);
> }
>
> return _rtw_hw_scan_update_probe_req(rtwdev, num, &list);
> +
> +out:
> + skb_queue_walk_safe(&list, skb, tmp)
Don't you think skb_queue_walk() is enough? Because we don't need to do
skb_unlink() in the loop.
> + kfree_skb(skb);
> +
> + return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
> static int rtw_add_chan_info(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct rtw_chan_info *info,
> --
Ping-Ke
