netdev - [PATCH] mwifiex: fix potential NULL dereference and use after free

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Date:   Thu, 29 Nov 2018 18:25:19 +0800
From:   Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....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>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix potential NULL dereference and use after free

There are two defects: (1) passing a NULL bss to
mwifiex_save_hidden_ssid_channels will result in NULL dereference,
(2) using bss after dropping the reference to it via cfg80211_put_bss.
To fix them, the patch moves the buggy code to the branch that bss is
not NULL and puts it before cfg80211_put_bss.

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
index 8e483b0..dfe2cf0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
@@ -1882,15 +1882,17 @@ mwifiex_parse_single_response_buf(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 **bss_info,
 					    ETH_ALEN))
 					mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(priv,
 								       bss);
-				cfg80211_put_bss(priv->wdev.wiphy, bss);
-			}
 
-			if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR) ||
-			    (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IR)) {
-				mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO,
-					    "radar or passive channel %d\n",
-					    channel);
-				mwifiex_save_hidden_ssid_channels(priv, bss);
+				if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR) ||
+				    (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IR)) {
+					mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO,
+						    "radar or passive channel %d\n",
+						    channel);
+					mwifiex_save_hidden_ssid_channels(priv,
+									  bss);
+				}
+
+				cfg80211_put_bss(priv->wdev.wiphy, bss);
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-- 
2.7.4