From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> commit 5fd2f91ad483baffdbe798f8a08f1b41442d1e24 upstream. If TDLS station addition is rejected, the sta memory is leaked. Avoid this by moving the check before the allocation. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 7ed5285396c2 ("mac80211: don't initiate TDLS connection if station is not associated to AP") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190801073033.7892-1-johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/cfg.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c @@ -1211,6 +1211,11 @@ static int ieee80211_add_station(struct if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mac)) return -EINVAL; + if (params->sta_flags_set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER) && + sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION && + !sdata->u.mgd.associated) + return -EINVAL; + sta = sta_info_alloc(sdata, mac, GFP_KERNEL); if (!sta) return -ENOMEM; @@ -1228,10 +1233,6 @@ static int ieee80211_add_station(struct if (params->sta_flags_set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER)) sta->sta.tdls = true; - if (sta->sta.tdls && sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION && - !sdata->u.mgd.associated) - return -EINVAL; - err = sta_apply_parameters(local, sta, params); if (err) { sta_info_free(local, sta);