Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c: fix use-before-check

From: John W. Linville
Date: Fri May 18 2007 - 14:03:03 EST


This should be sent to linux-wireless (and CC'ed to me) as well...

On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 01:06:49AM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote:
> NULL checks should be performed before the dereference.
>
> Spotted by the Coverity checker.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eteo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c
> index 441123c..5c63c9b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/fw.c
> @@ -333,18 +333,22 @@ static void command_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
> unsigned long flags;
>
> ptempnode = adapter->cur_cmd;
> + if (ptempnode == NULL) {
> + lbs_pr_debug(1, "PTempnode Empty\n");
> + return;
> + }
> +
> cmd = (struct cmd_ds_command *)ptempnode->bufvirtualaddr;
> + if (!cmd) {
> + lbs_pr_debug(1, "cmd is NULL\n");
> + return;
> + }
>
> lbs_pr_info("command_timer_fn fired (%x)\n", cmd->command);
>
> if (!adapter->fw_ready)
> return;
>
> - if (ptempnode == NULL) {
> - lbs_pr_debug(1, "PTempnode Empty\n");
> - return;
> - }
> -
> spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->driver_lock, flags);
> adapter->cur_cmd = NULL;
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->driver_lock, flags);
> -
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