Re: [PATCH] net: mac80211: Add NULL checks for sta->sdata

[Jia-Ju Bai]

Hello Simon,

Thanks for the reply!


On 2023/3/21 0:49, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 09:35:33PM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> > In a previous commit 69403bad97aa, sta->sdata can be NULL, and thus it
> > should be checked before being used.
> Please run checkpatch on this patch, and correct the commit description
> style.
>
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -g HEAD
> ERROR: Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")' - ie: 'commit 69403bad97aa ("wifi: mac80211: sdata can be NULL during AMPDU start")'
> #6:
> In a previous commit 69403bad97aa, sta->sdata can be NULL, and thus it

Okay, I will revise it and run checkpatch.

> > However, in the same call stack, sta->sdata is also used in the
> > following functions:
> >
> > ieee80211_ba_session_work()
> >    ___ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session(sta)
> >      ht_dbg(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> >      sdata_info(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> >      ieee80211_send_delba(sta->sdata, ...) -> No check
> >    ___ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session(sta)
> >      ht_dbg(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> >      ht_dbg_ratelimited(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> >    ieee80211_tx_ba_session_handle_start(sta)
> >      sdata = sta->sdata; if (!sdata) -> Add check by previous commit
> >    ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(sdata)
> >      ht_dbg(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> >    ieee80211_start_tx_ba_cb(sdata)
> >      sdata = sta->sdata; local = sdata->local -> No check
> >    ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_cb(sdata)
> >      ht_dbg(sta->sdata, ...); -> No check
> I wonder if it would be better to teach ht_* do do nothing
> if the first argument is NULL.

Okay, I will use this way in patch v2.

> Also, are these theoretical bugs?
> Or something that has been observed?
> And has a reproducer?

These bugs are found by my static analysis tool, by extending a known 
bug fixed in a previous commit 69403bad97aa.
Thus, they could be theoretical bugs.

> > Thus, to avoid possible null-pointer dereferences, the related checks
> > should be added.
> >
> > These results are reported by a static tool designed by myself.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: TOTE Robot <baijiaju@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I see 4 copies of this patch in a few minutes.
> As per the FAQ [1], please leave at least 24h between posts of a patch.
>
> [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

I am quite sorry for this, because my script of git send email was buggy.
I noticed this problem after sending the e-mail, and now I have fixed it :)


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai