[PATCH] ath12k: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan()
Wen Gong
quic_wgong at quicinc.com
Wed Jul 26 02:26:25 PDT 2023
In ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan(), the return value of kzalloc() is directly
used in memcpy(), which may lead to a NULL pointer dereference on
failure of kzalloc().
Fix this bug by adding a check of arg.extraie.ptr.
Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0-03427-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.15378.4
Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
index 1bb9802ef569..af46b63bb15b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
@@ -2755,9 +2755,12 @@ static int ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
arg.scan_id = ATH12K_SCAN_ID;
if (req->ie_len) {
+ arg.extraie.ptr = kmemdup(req->ie, req->ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!arg.extraie.ptr) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto exit;
+ }
arg.extraie.len = req->ie_len;
- arg.extraie.ptr = kzalloc(req->ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
- memcpy(arg.extraie.ptr, req->ie, req->ie_len);
}
if (req->n_ssids) {
base-commit: b21fe5be53eb873c02e7479372726c8aeed171e3
--
2.40.1
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