Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Add checking for null for ssb_get_devtypedata(dev)

From: Larry Finger
Date: Fri Feb 10 2023 - 14:17:19 EST


On 2/10/23 05:12, Natalia Petrova wrote:
Function ssb_get_devtypedata(dev) may return null (next call
B43legacy_WARN_ON(!wl) is used for error handling, including null-value).
Therefore, a check is added before calling b43legacy_wireless_exit(),
where the argument containing this value is expected to be dereferenced.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE

Fixes: 75388acd0cd8 ("[B43LEGACY]: add mac80211-based driver for legacy BCM43xx devices")
Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/main.c
index 760136638a95..1ae65679d704 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43legacy/main.c
@@ -3871,7 +3871,7 @@ static int b43legacy_probe(struct ssb_device *dev,
return err;
err_wireless_exit:
- if (first)
+ if (first && wl)
b43legacy_wireless_exit(dev, wl);
return err;
}

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

Larry