netdev - [PATCH v3 wireless] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in monitor mode

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Message-ID: <20260205172313.16652-1-dhyaan19022009@gmail.com>
Date: Thu,  5 Feb 2026 22:53:12 +0530
From: Dhyan K Prajapati <dhyan19022009@...il.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 wireless] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in monitor mode

From: dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@...il.com>

Signed-off-by: dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@...il.com>
---
 net/mac80211/main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index b05e313c7..190222c26 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ void ieee80211_link_info_change_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
 		if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, WANT_MONITOR_VIF))
 			return;
+		if (!link->conf->bss)
+			return;
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
-- 
2.43.0