carl9170: tx: fix an incorrect use of list iterator
commit 54a6f29522da3c914da30e50721dedf51046449a upstream. If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early (no goto hit inside the loop), the iterator 'cvif' after the loop will be a bogus pointer to an invalid structure object containing the HEAD (&ar->vif_list). As a result, the use of 'cvif' after that will lead to a invalid memory access (i.e., 'cvif->id': the invalid pointer dereference when return back to/after the callsite in the carl9170_update_beacon()). The original intention should have been to return the valid 'cvif' when found in list, NULL otherwise. So just return NULL when no entry found, to fix this bug. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 1f1d9654e183c ("carl9170: refactor carl9170_update_beacon") Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com> Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220328122820.1004-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@ -1557,6 +1557,9 @@ static struct carl9170_vif_info *carl9170_pick_beaconing_vif(struct ar9170 *ar)
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goto out;
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} while (ar->beacon_enabled && i--);
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/* no entry found in list */
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return NULL;
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}
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