From: Colin Ian King Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:37:31 +0000 (+0100) Subject: mwifiex: fix null pointer deference when adapter is null X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=80ba4f1d365af206b9e818d17d22fed02fe5def0;p=linux-beck.git mwifiex: fix null pointer deference when adapter is null If adapter is null the error exit path in mwifiex_shutdown_sw is to down the semaphore sem and print some debug via mwifiex_dbg. However, passing a NULL adapter to mwifiex_dbg causes a null pointer deference when accessing adapter->dev. This fix checks for a null adapter at the start of the function and to exit without the need to up the semaphore and we also skip the debug to avoid the null pointer dereference. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c index 9b2e98cfe090..2478ccd6f2d9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c @@ -1369,12 +1369,12 @@ mwifiex_shutdown_sw(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, struct semaphore *sem) struct mwifiex_private *priv; int i; + if (!adapter) + goto exit_return; + if (down_interruptible(sem)) goto exit_sem_err; - if (!adapter) - goto exit_remove; - priv = mwifiex_get_priv(adapter, MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_ANY); mwifiex_deauthenticate(priv, NULL); @@ -1430,10 +1430,10 @@ mwifiex_shutdown_sw(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, struct semaphore *sem) rtnl_unlock(); } -exit_remove: up(sem); exit_sem_err: mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO, "%s, successful\n", __func__); +exit_return: return 0; }