From: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx> commit 54a6f29522da3c914da30e50721dedf51046449a upstream. If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early (no goto hit inside the loop), the iterator 'cvif' after the loop will be a bogus pointer to an invalid structure object containing the HEAD (&ar->vif_list). As a result, the use of 'cvif' after that will lead to a invalid memory access (i.e., 'cvif->id': the invalid pointer dereference when return back to/after the callsite in the carl9170_update_beacon()). The original intention should have been to return the valid 'cvif' when found in list, NULL otherwise. So just return NULL when no entry found, to fix this bug. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 1f1d9654e183c ("carl9170: refactor carl9170_update_beacon") Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220328122820.1004-1-xiam0nd.tong@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c @@ -1557,6 +1557,9 @@ static struct carl9170_vif_info *carl917 goto out; } } while (ar->beacon_enabled && i--); + + /* no entry found in list */ + return NULL; } out: