mac80211: fix potential null pointer dereference

he_op is being dereferenced before it is null checked, hence there
is a potential null pointer dereference.

Fix this by moving the pointer dereference after he_op has been
properly null checked.

Notice that, currently, he_op is already being null checked before
calling this function at 4593:

4593	if (!he_oper ||
4594	    !ieee80211_verify_sta_he_mcs_support(sband, he_oper))
4595		ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE;

but in case ieee80211_verify_sta_he_mcs_support is ever called
without verifying he_oper is not null, we will end up having a
null pointer dereference. So, we better don't take any chances.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1470068 ("Dereference before null check")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 0322d78007adeba901c47656634acd0ecaf51467..f4513031f1bc8e43fba5a53894dd7082dac0ad6f 100644 (file)
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -4458,12 +4458,14 @@ ieee80211_verify_sta_he_mcs_support(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
 {
        const struct ieee80211_sta_he_cap *sta_he_cap =
                ieee80211_get_he_sta_cap(sband);
-       u16 ap_min_req_set = le16_to_cpu(he_op->he_mcs_nss_set);
+       u16 ap_min_req_set;
        int i;
 
        if (!sta_he_cap || !he_op)
                return false;
 
+       ap_min_req_set = le16_to_cpu(he_op->he_mcs_nss_set);
+
        /* Need to go over for 80MHz, 160MHz and for 80+80 */
        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                const struct ieee80211_he_mcs_nss_supp *sta_mcs_nss_supp =