These pointers can be NULL, the is_mesh() case isn't ever hit in the current kernel, but cmp_ies() can be hit under certain conditions. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx [2.6.29, 2.6.30] --- net/wireless/scan.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/scan.c 2009-07-29 21:53:49.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/scan.c 2009-07-29 21:57:27.000000000 +0200 @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int cmp_ies(u8 num, u8 *ies1, siz if (!ie1 && !ie2) return 0; - if (!ie1) + if (!ie1 || !ie2) return -1; r = memcmp(ie1 + 2, ie2 + 2, min(ie1[1], ie2[1])); @@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ static bool is_mesh(struct cfg80211_bss ie = find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_CONFIG, a->information_elements, a->len_information_elements); + if (!ie) + return false; if (ie[1] != IEEE80211_MESH_CONFIG_LEN) return false; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html