alistair23-linux/net
Gustavo A. R. Silva 47aa7861b9 mac80211: fix potential null pointer dereference
he_op is being dereferenced before it is null checked, hence there
is a potential null pointer dereference.

Fix this by moving the pointer dereference after he_op has been
properly null checked.

Notice that, currently, he_op is already being null checked before
calling this function at 4593:

4593	if (!he_oper ||
4594	    !ieee80211_verify_sta_he_mcs_support(sband, he_oper))
4595		ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HE;

but in case ieee80211_verify_sta_he_mcs_support is ever called
without verifying he_oper is not null, we will end up having a
null pointer dereference. So, we better don't take any chances.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1470068 ("Dereference before null check")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
2018-06-29 09:50:43 +02:00
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6lowpan
9p net/9p/trans_xen.c: don't inclide rwlock.h directly 2018-06-07 17:34:34 -07:00
802
8021q Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
appletalk Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
atm Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
ax25 Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
batman-adv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-26 19:46:15 -04:00
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
bpf
bpfilter bpfilter: fix race in pipe access 2018-06-07 20:07:28 -04:00
bridge net: bridge: Fix locking in br_fdb_find_port() 2018-06-08 19:58:31 -04:00
caif
can Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
ceph - Introduce arithmetic overflow test helper functions (Rasmus) 2018-06-06 17:27:14 -07:00
core Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
dcb
dccp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
decnet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
dns_resolver
dsa dsa: port: Ignore bridge VLAN events 2018-05-31 14:13:43 -04:00
ethernet
hsr
ieee802154 Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
ife
ipv4 tcp: limit sk_rcvlowat by the maximum receive buffer 2018-06-10 14:12:50 -07:00
ipv6 udp: fix rx queue len reported by diag and proc interface 2018-06-08 19:55:15 -04:00
iucv net/iucv: convert to ->poll_mask 2018-05-26 09:16:44 +02:00
kcm Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
key Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
l2tp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
l3mdev
lapb
llc Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
mac80211 mac80211: fix potential null pointer dereference 2018-06-29 09:50:43 +02:00
mac802154
mpls
ncsi net/ncsi: Avoid GFP_KERNEL in response handler 2018-06-03 10:42:07 -04:00
netfilter netfilter: nf_tables: add NFT_LOGLEVEL_* enumeration and use it 2018-06-07 16:14:00 -04:00
netlabel
netlink Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
netrom Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
nfc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
nsh
openvswitch
packet net: in virtio_net_hdr only add VLAN_HLEN to csum_start if payload holds vlan 2018-06-07 16:15:38 -04:00
phonet Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
psample
qrtr Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
rds Merge candidates for 4.17-rc 2018-06-02 09:55:44 -07:00
rfkill
rose Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
rxrpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
sched net/sched: act_simple: fix parsing of TCA_DEF_DATA 2018-06-08 18:49:19 -04:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
smc net/smc: fix error return code in smc_setsockopt() 2018-06-03 10:38:28 -04:00
strparser strparser: Add __strp_unpause and use it in ktls. 2018-06-06 14:07:53 -04:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 10:14:28 -07:00
switchdev
tipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
tls strparser: Add __strp_unpause and use it in ktls. 2018-06-06 14:07:53 -04:00
unix Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
vmw_vsock
wimax
wireless cfg80211: track time using boottime 2018-06-29 09:49:28 +02:00
x25 Merge branch 'work.aio-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2018-06-04 13:57:43 -07:00
xdp bpf, xdp: fix crash in xdp_umem_unaccount_pages 2018-06-07 15:32:28 -07:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
compat.c
Kconfig net: Introduce generic failover module 2018-05-28 22:59:54 -04:00
Makefile bpfilter: switch to CC from HOSTCC 2018-06-05 10:21:18 -04:00
socket.c socket: close race condition between sock_close() and sockfs_setattr() 2018-06-10 12:25:53 -07:00
sysctl_net.c