linux-kernel - [BUG] mwifiex: possible null-pointer dereference in mwifiex_dnld_cmd_to

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Message-ID: <790f9160-f549-2788-cd37-13924883d5c1@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 31 Jul 2021 11:45:46 +0800
From:   Li Tuo <islituo@...il.com>
To:     3chas3@...il.com
Cc:     linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, baijiaju1990@...il.com
Subject: [BUG] mwifiex: possible null-pointer dereference in
 mwifiex_dnld_cmd_to_fw()

Hello,

Our static analysis tool finds a possible null-pointer dereference in 
the mwifiex driver in Linux 5.14.0-rc3:

The variable cmd_node->cmd_skb->data is assigned to the variable 
host_cmd, and host_cmd is checked in:
190:    if (host_cmd == NULL || host_cmd->size == 0)

This indicates that host_cmd can be NULL.
If so, the function mwifiex_recycle_cmd_node() will be called with the 
argument cmd_node:
196:    mwifiex_recycle_cmd_node(adapter, cmd_node);

In this called function, the variable cmd_node->cmd_skb->data is 
assigned to the variable host_cmd, too.
Thus the variable host_cmd in the function mwifiex_recycle_cmd_node() 
can be also NULL.
However, it is dereferenced when calling le16_to_cpu():
144:    le16_to_cpu(host_cmd->command)

I am not quite sure whether this possible null-pointer dereference is 
real and how to fix it if it is real.
Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks!

Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>

Best wishes,
Tuo Li