Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: check for null return from skb_copy

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Sat Apr 13 2019 - 15:27:57 EST


On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 05:14:38PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> It is possible for skb_copy to return a null pointer and currently
> this will cause a null pointer dereference when the function
> mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt is called. Fix this by checking for
> a null return from skb_copy and return -ENOMEM.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return")
> Fixes: 838e4f449297 ("mwifiex: improve uAP RX handling")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
> index 5ce85d5727e4..b262dc78d638 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
> @@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ int mwifiex_handle_uap_rx_forward(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
>
> if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ra)) {
> skb_uap = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (!skb_uap)
> + return -ENOMEM;

I think we would want to free dev_kfree_skb_any(skb) before returning.

> mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt(priv, skb_uap);
> } else {
> if (mwifiex_get_sta_entry(priv, ra)) {

regards,
dan carpenter