Messages in this thread | | | From | Pkshih <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] rtw88: check for validity before using pointer | Date | Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:28:33 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com> > Sent: Friday, December 24, 2021 1:51 AM > To: Yan-Hsuan Chuang <tony0620emma@gmail.com>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>; David S. Miller > <davem@davemloft.net>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Pkshih <pkshih@realtek.com>; Bernie Huang > <phhuang@realtek.com>; open list:REALTEK WIRELESS DRIVER (rtw88) <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>; open > list:NETWORKING DRIVERS <netdev@vger.kernel.org>; open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> > Cc: usama.anjum@collabora.com; kernel@collabora.com > Subject: [PATCH] rtw88: check for validity before using pointer > > ieee80211_probereq_get() can return NULL. Pointer skb should be checked > for validty before use. > > Fixes: 10d162b2ed39 ("rtw88: 8822c: add ieee80211_ops::hw_scan") > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c > index 2f7c036f9022..0fc05a810d05 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c > @@ -1866,6 +1866,8 @@ static int rtw_hw_scan_update_probe_req(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, > req->ssids[i].ssid, > req->ssids[i].ssid_len, > req->ie_len); > + if (!skb) > + return -ENOMEM; > rtw_append_probe_req_ie(rtwdev, skb, &list, rtwvif); > kfree_skb(skb); > }
Without properly freeing skb(s) in list, it leads memory leak. We need something below to free them:
if (!skb) goto out;
[...]
out: skb_queue_walk(&list, skb) kfree_skb(skb);
return -ENOMEM;
So, NACK this patch.
-- Ping-Ke
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