netdev - [PATCH 2/2] ath9k: fix ath_tx_process_buffer() potential null ptr dereference

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Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:13:08 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ath9k: fix ath_tx_process_buffer() potential null ptr dereference

ath_tx_process_buffer() references ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr()
return pointer (sta) outside null check. Fix it by moving the code
block under the null check.

This problem was found while reviewing code to debug RCU warn from
ath10k_wmi_tlv_parse_peer_stats_info() and a subsequent manual audit
of other callers of ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr() that don't hold
RCU read lock.

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
---
- Note: This patch is compile tested. I don't have access to
  hardware.

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c | 28 +++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 1d36aae3f7b6..735858144e3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -711,20 +711,24 @@ static void ath_tx_process_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
 		ath_tx_count_airtime(sc, sta, bf, ts, tid->tidno);
 		if (ts->ts_status & (ATH9K_TXERR_FILT | ATH9K_TXERR_XRETRY))
 			tid->clear_ps_filter = true;
-	}
 
-	if (!bf_isampdu(bf)) {
-		if (!flush) {
-			info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(bf->bf_mpdu);
-			memcpy(info->control.rates, bf->rates,
-			       sizeof(info->control.rates));
-			ath_tx_rc_status(sc, bf, ts, 1, txok ? 0 : 1, txok);
-			ath_dynack_sample_tx_ts(sc->sc_ah, bf->bf_mpdu, ts,
-						sta);
+		if (!bf_isampdu(bf)) {
+			if (!flush) {
+				info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(bf->bf_mpdu);
+				memcpy(info->control.rates, bf->rates,
+				       sizeof(info->control.rates));
+				ath_tx_rc_status(sc, bf, ts, 1,
+						 txok ? 0 : 1, txok);
+				ath_dynack_sample_tx_ts(sc->sc_ah,
+							bf->bf_mpdu, ts, sta);
+			}
+			ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, bf_head, sta,
+					    ts, txok);
+		} else {
+			ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, bf_head, sta,
+					     tid, ts, txok);
 		}
-		ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, txq, bf_head, sta, ts, txok);
-	} else
-		ath_tx_complete_aggr(sc, txq, bf, bf_head, sta, tid, ts, txok);
+	}
 
 	if (!flush)
 		ath_txq_schedule(sc, txq);
-- 
2.27.0