linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/7] staging: r8188eu: fix endless loop in recv

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Date:   Sat, 26 Feb 2022 19:14:53 +0100
From:   Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>,
        Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/7] staging: r8188eu: fix endless loop in recv_func

Fix an endless loop in recv_func. If pending_frame is not NULL, we're
stuck in the while loop forever. We have to call rtw_alloc_recvframe
each time we loop.

Fixes: 15865124feed ("staging: r8188eu: introduce new core dir for RTL8188eu driver")
Reported-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
---
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
index 0144c4642911..c9878907de33 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -1800,8 +1800,7 @@ static int recv_func(struct adapter *padapter, struct recv_frame *rframe)
 		struct recv_frame *pending_frame;
 		int cnt = 0;
 
-		pending_frame = rtw_alloc_recvframe(&padapter->recvpriv.uc_swdec_pending_queue);
-		while (pending_frame) {
+		while ((pending_frame = rtw_alloc_recvframe(&padapter->recvpriv.uc_swdec_pending_queue))) {
 			cnt++;
 			recv_func_posthandle(padapter, pending_frame);
 		}
-- 
2.30.2