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nl80211: Check that function pointer != NULL before using it

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NL80211_CMD_GET_MESH_PARAMS and NL80211_CMD_SET_MESH_PARAMS handlers
did not verify whether a function pointer is NULL (not supported by
the driver) before trying to call the function. The former nl80211
command is available for unprivileged users, too, so this can
potentially allow normal users to kill networking (or worse..) if
mac80211 is built without CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH=y.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Jouni Malinen 2009-03-20 17:57:36 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 170ebf8516
commit f3f9258678
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net/wireless/nl80211.c
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@ -1908,6 +1908,11 @@ static int nl80211_get_mesh_params(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (err)
return err;
if (!drv->ops->get_mesh_params) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto out;
}
/* Get the mesh params */
rtnl_lock();
err = drv->ops->get_mesh_params(&drv->wiphy, dev, &cur_params);
@ -2017,6 +2022,11 @@ static int nl80211_set_mesh_params(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (err)
return err;
if (!drv->ops->set_mesh_params) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto out;
}
/* This makes sure that there aren't more than 32 mesh config
* parameters (otherwise our bitfield scheme would not work.) */
BUILD_BUG_ON(NL80211_MESHCONF_ATTR_MAX > 32);
@ -2061,6 +2071,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_mesh_params(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
err = drv->ops->set_mesh_params(&drv->wiphy, dev, &cfg, mask);
rtnl_unlock();
out:
/* cleanup */
cfg80211_put_dev(drv);
dev_put(dev);