From: Colin Ian King Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:35:23 +0000 (+0000) Subject: iwlegacy: 4965-rs: avoid null pointer dereference error X-Git-Tag: next-20130402~116^2~6 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ace5af39866da7d45f43774150dace19a73716d6;p=karo-tx-linux.git iwlegacy: 4965-rs: avoid null pointer dereference error il4965_rs_initialize_lq checks to see if sta is null, however, before that check il4965_rs_use_green dereferences sta when intializing use_green. Avoid a potential null pointer dereference error by only calling il4965_rs_use_green after we are sure sta is not null. Smatch analysis: drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c:2160 il4965_rs_initialize_lq() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'sta' (see line 2155) Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c index e8324b5e5bfe..6c7493c2d698 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-rs.c @@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ il4965_rs_initialize_lq(struct il_priv *il, struct ieee80211_conf *conf, int rate_idx; int i; u32 rate; - u8 use_green = il4965_rs_use_green(il, sta); + u8 use_green; u8 active_tbl = 0; u8 valid_tx_ant; struct il_station_priv *sta_priv; @@ -2160,6 +2160,7 @@ il4965_rs_initialize_lq(struct il_priv *il, struct ieee80211_conf *conf, if (!sta || !lq_sta) return; + use_green = il4965_rs_use_green(il, sta); sta_priv = (void *)sta->drv_priv; i = lq_sta->last_txrate_idx;