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ath5k: check return value of ieee80211_get_tx_rate
authorJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:27:34 +0000 (15:27 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:17:55 +0000 (13:17 -0700)
commit34cee821ec2b89a613947b72eec8f31305c58a93
tree96d0ddc6ee71daf0bfe8066667576a56a6853559
parent8fdd6243c34ea97465f10be83384f7c9cafb17f5
ath5k: check return value of ieee80211_get_tx_rate

commit d8e1ba76d619dbc0be8fbeee4e6c683b5c812d3a upstream.

This avoids a NULL pointer dereference as reported here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625889

When the WARN condition is hit in ieee80211_get_tx_rate, it will return
NULL.  So, we need to check the return value and avoid dereferencing it
in that case.

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Acked-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c