This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
rtw88: check for validity before using a pointer
to the 5.17-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
rtw88-check-for-validity-before-using-a-pointer.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.17 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit d1840dbaad1fe50f17f2268a12710ffe182c9f64
Author: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Jan 21 15:08:11 2022 +0800
rtw88: check for validity before using a pointer
[ Upstream commit a12f809968dbf46ce2a6bc94463db8d431bb75fc ]
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.
Fixes: 10d162b2ed39 ("rtw88: 8822c: add ieee80211_ops::hw_scan")
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220121070813.9656-2-pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
index 2f7c036f9022..b56dc43229d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
@@ -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(&list, skb)
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
static int rtw_add_chan_info(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct rtw_chan_info *info,
