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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2013-07-15 14:35:06 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-07-16 17:48:14 +0300
commit5c9fc93bc9bc417418fc1b6366833ae6a07b804d (patch)
treee1fb9841cd93ed7409cf2c2ccd89f416847632c6 /net/mac80211
parent6b0f32745dcfba01d7be33acd1b40306c7a914c6 (diff)
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mac80211/minstrel: fix NULL pointer dereference issue
When priv_sta == NULL, mi->prev_sample is dereferenced too early. Move the assignment further down, after the rate_control_send_low call. Reported-by: Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@podlesie.net> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10 Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c
index ac7ef54..e6512e2 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ minstrel_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
struct minstrel_rate *msr, *mr;
unsigned int ndx;
bool mrr_capable;
- bool prev_sample = mi->prev_sample;
+ bool prev_sample;
int delta;
int sampling_ratio;
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ minstrel_get_rate(void *priv, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
(mi->sample_count + mi->sample_deferred / 2);
/* delta < 0: no sampling required */
+ prev_sample = mi->prev_sample;
mi->prev_sample = false;
if (delta < 0 || (!mrr_capable && prev_sample))
return;
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