[PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt7996: avoid potential null deref in mt7996_get_et_stats()
Qasim Ijaz
qasdev00 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 22 07:19:10 PDT 2025
Ensure phy->mib is only accessed after the null sanity check for phy
otherwise the code may trigger a potential null deref.
Signed-off-by: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00 at gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c
index 88e013577c0d..19391966ee3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ void mt7996_get_et_stats(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct mt7996_dev *dev = mt7996_hw_dev(hw);
struct mt7996_vif *mvif = (struct mt7996_vif *)vif->drv_priv;
struct mt7996_phy *phy = mt7996_vif_link_phy(&mvif->deflink);
- struct mt76_mib_stats *mib = &phy->mib;
+ struct mt76_mib_stats *mib;
struct mt76_ethtool_worker_info wi = {
.data = data,
.idx = mvif->deflink.mt76.idx,
@@ -1886,6 +1886,8 @@ void mt7996_get_et_stats(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
if (!phy)
return;
+ mib = &phy->mib;
+
mutex_lock(&dev->mt76.mutex);
mt7996_mac_update_stats(phy);
--
2.39.5
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