netdev - Re: [PATCH 06/22] staging: rtl8723bs: Fix various errors in os_dep/ioctl

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Date:   Sun, 09 Apr 2017 17:28:18 +0200
From:   Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        hdegoede@...hat.com, jes.sorensen@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/22] staging: rtl8723bs: Fix various errors in
 os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c

On Sat, 2017-04-08 at 11:07 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> Smatch lists the following:
> 
>   CHECK   drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:470
> rtw_cfg80211_ibss_indicate_connect() error: we previously assumed
> 'scanned' could be null (see line 466)
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:942
> rtw_cfg80211_set_encryption() warn: inconsistent indenting
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:955
> rtw_cfg80211_set_encryption() error: buffer overflow 'psecuritypriv-
> >dot11DefKey' 4 <= 4
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:1017
> rtw_cfg80211_set_encryption() error: buffer overflow 'padapter-
> >securitypriv.dot118021XGrpKey' 5 <= 5
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:1216
> cfg80211_rtw_set_default_key() warn: inconsistent indenting
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:2498
> rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() error: we previously assumed
> 'skb' could be null (see line 2495)
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:2850
> cfg80211_rtw_start_ap() warn: if statement not indented
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:2860
> cfg80211_rtw_start_ap() warn: if statement not indented
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:3417
> rtw_cfg80211_preinit_wiphy() warn: inconsistent indenting
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c:3547
> rtw_wdev_alloc() info: ignoring unreachable code.
> 
> The indenting warnings were fixed by simple white space changes.
> 
> The section where 'scanned' could be null required an immediate exit
> from
> the routine at that point. A similar fix was required where 'skb'
> could be null.
> 
> The two buffer overflow errors were caused by off-by-one errors.
> While
> locating these problems, another one was found in
> os_dep/ioctl_linux.c.

Could you please split those up into patches that fix one kind of
problem? Makes it easier to review.