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authorWei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>2012-10-08 08:42:58 +0800
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-10-08 15:06:04 -0400
commit9c371f997353385dfa2f7a8004ce13397e071a25 (patch)
treec2f28b4a17d0f1291801d89ff0435f51abcd4076 /drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k
parent8cc1d52390f53c6dd46ae71e29ea000634a17e3a (diff)
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ath5k: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ath5k_beacon_update()
The dereference should be moved below the NULL test. dpatch engine is used to auto generate this patch. (https://github.com/weiyj/dpatch) Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 9fd6d9a9942e..9f31cfa56cc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ ath5k_beacon_update(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
{
int ret;
struct ath5k_hw *ah = hw->priv;
- struct ath5k_vif *avf = (void *)vif->drv_priv;
+ struct ath5k_vif *avf;
struct sk_buff *skb;
if (WARN_ON(!vif)) {
@@ -1819,6 +1819,7 @@ ath5k_beacon_update(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
goto out;
}
+ avf = (void *)vif->drv_priv;
ath5k_txbuf_free_skb(ah, avf->bbuf);
avf->bbuf->skb = skb;
ret = ath5k_beacon_setup(ah, avf->bbuf);
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