mwifiex: fix NULL pointer dereference in mwifiex_fw_dpc
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Gitweb: http://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d1af2943da89f180274c846d593049e464026baf
Commit: d1af2943da89f180274c846d593049e464026baf
Parent: bec568ff51078276109e21b5521829e2dd60a7fa
Author: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar at marvell.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov 14 19:10:39 2013 -0800
Committer: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
CommitDate: Fri Nov 15 14:29:31 2013 -0500
mwifiex: fix NULL pointer dereference in mwifiex_fw_dpc
We don't need to free/unregister wiphy when
mwifiex_register_cfg80211() fails. The routine internally takes
care of it. This redundant code can cause NULL pointer dereference,
for adapter->wiphy.
Reported-by: Ujjal Roy <royujjal at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
index 9236b42..42d9a68 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static void mwifiex_fw_dpc(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
priv = adapter->priv[MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA];
if (mwifiex_register_cfg80211(adapter)) {
dev_err(adapter->dev, "cannot register with cfg80211\n");
- goto err_register_cfg80211;
+ goto err_init_fw;
}
rtnl_lock();
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ static void mwifiex_fw_dpc(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
goto done;
err_add_intf:
-err_register_cfg80211:
wiphy_unregister(adapter->wiphy);
wiphy_free(adapter->wiphy);
err_init_fw:
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