linux-kernel - [PATCH] mwifiex: check for null return from skb

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sat, 13 Apr 2019 17:14:38 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@...vell.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mwifiex: check for null return from skb_copy

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

It is possible for skb_copy to return a null pointer and currently
this will cause a null pointer dereference when the function
mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt is called.  Fix this by checking for
a null return from skb_copy and return -ENOMEM.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return")
Fixes: 838e4f449297 ("mwifiex: improve uAP RX handling")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
index 5ce85d5727e4..b262dc78d638 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ int mwifiex_handle_uap_rx_forward(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 
 	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ra)) {
 		skb_uap = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!skb_uap)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt(priv, skb_uap);
 	} else {
 		if (mwifiex_get_sta_entry(priv, ra)) {
-- 
2.20.1