[PATCH 1/2] nl80211: fix use after free of bss
Benjamin Berg
benjamin at sipsolutions.net
Tue Mar 18 03:19:55 PDT 2025
From: Benjamin Berg <benjamin.berg at intel.com>
This was reported by ASAN, the bss variable was just freed a bit
earlier.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg <benjamin.berg at intel.com>
---
src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index 56a412732d..a854b8d901 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -10973,6 +10973,8 @@ static int driver_nl80211_link_remove(void *priv, enum wpa_driver_if_type type,
drv->ctx = bss->ctx;
if (!bss->valid_links) {
+ void *ctx = bss->ctx;
+
wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
"nl80211: No more links remaining, so remove interface");
ret = wpa_driver_nl80211_if_remove(bss, type, ifname);
@@ -10980,7 +10982,7 @@ static int driver_nl80211_link_remove(void *priv, enum wpa_driver_if_type type,
return ret;
/* Notify that the MLD interface is removed */
- wpa_supplicant_event(bss->ctx, EVENT_MLD_INTERFACE_FREED, NULL);
+ wpa_supplicant_event(ctx, EVENT_MLD_INTERFACE_FREED, NULL);
}
return 0;
--
2.48.1
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