On Mon, 2023-08-21 at 02:13 -0400, Wen Gong wrote: > > +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c > @@ -5429,17 +5429,22 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_assoc_resp(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, > for (link_id = 0; link_id < IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS; link_id++) { > struct ieee80211_link_data *link; > > - link = sdata_dereference(sdata->link[link_id], sdata); > - if (!link) > - continue; > - > if (!assoc_data->link[link_id].bss) > continue; > > resp.links[link_id].bss = assoc_data->link[link_id].bss; > - resp.links[link_id].addr = link->conf->addr; > resp.links[link_id].status = assoc_data->link[link_id].status; > > + link = sdata_dereference(sdata->link[link_id], sdata); > + > + if (!link) { > + /* use the addr of assoc_data link which is set in ieee80211_mgd_assoc() */ > + resp.links[link_id].addr = assoc_data->link[link_id].addr; As I mentioned before, this cannot be done - it introduces use-after- free since assoc_data is freed after the loop, and the cfg80211_rx_assoc_resp() is after that. > + continue; > + } > + > + resp.links[link_id].addr = link->conf->addr; > Also, I don't see that we need to use two different assignments for the two cases. johannes