On removal of the device or unloading of the kernel module a potential NULL pointer dereference occurs. The following sequence deletes the interface: brcmf_detach() brcmf_remove_interface() brcmf_del_if() Inside the brcmf_del_if() function the drvr->if2bss[ifidx] is updated to BRCMF_BSSIDX_INVALID (-1) if the bsscfgidx matches. After brcmf_remove_interface() call the brcmf_proto_detach() function is called providing the following sequence: brcmf_detach() brcmf_proto_detach() brcmf_proto_msgbuf_detach() brcmf_flowring_detach() brcmf_msgbuf_delete_flowring() brcmf_msgbuf_remove_flowring() brcmf_flowring_delete() brcmf_get_ifp() brcmf_txfinalize() Since brcmf_get_ip() can and actually will return NULL in this case the call to brcmf_txfinalize() will result in a NULL pointer dereference inside brcmf_txfinalize() when trying to update ifp->ndev->stats.tx_errors. This will only happen if a flowring still has an skb. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Marcel Hamer <marcel.hamer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b519e746-ddfd-421f-d897-7620d229e4b2@xxxxxxxxx/ --- 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 c3a57e30c855..cf731bc7ae24 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ void brcmf_txfinalize(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct sk_buff *txp, bool success) wake_up(&ifp->pend_8021x_wait); } - if (!success) + if (!success && ifp) ifp->ndev->stats.tx_errors++; brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(txp); -- 2.34.1