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staging: rtl8188eu: avoid a null dereference on pmlmepriv

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[ Upstream commit 123c0aab0050cd0e07ce18e453389fbbb0a5a425 ]

There is a check on pmlmepriv before dereferencing it when
vfree'ing pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf however the previous call
to rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data deferences pmlmepriv causing
a null pointer deference if it is null.  Avoid this by also
calling rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data if the pointer is non-null.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1230262 ("Dereference before null check")
Fixes: 7b464c9fa5cc ("staging: r8188eu: Add files for new driver - part 4")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@verizon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Colin Ian King 2017-10-20 20:40:24 +02:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent a99611910d
commit e3912c2aef
1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
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drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
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@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ void rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
void rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
{
rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(pmlmepriv);
if (pmlmepriv)
if (pmlmepriv) {
rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(pmlmepriv);
vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf);
}
}
struct wlan_network *_rtw_alloc_network(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)