linux-kernel - [BUG] staging: rtl8192e: possible null-pointer dereference in rtllib_wx_set

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Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:33:57 +0800
From:   Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, will+git@...d.me,
        davidsondfgl@...il.com, zhaoxiao@...ontech.com,
        dan.carpenter@...cle.com
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "baijiaju1990@...il.com" <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
Subject: [BUG] staging: rtl8192e: possible null-pointer dereference in
 rtllib_wx_set_encode()

Hello,

Our static analysis tool finds a possible null-pointer dereference in 
rtllib_wx.c in Linux 5.14.0-rc3:

The variable (*crypt)->ops is checked in:
342:    if (*crypt && (*crypt)->ops && strcmp((*crypt)->ops->name, 
"R-WEP") != 0)

This indicates that it can be NULL. If so, null-pointer dereferences 
will occur:
389:    (*crypt)->ops->set_key()
400:    len = (*crypt)->ops->get_key()

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