mac80211: Fix potential null pointer dereferencing

The patch "{nl,cfg,mac}80211: Implement RSSI threshold for mesh peering"
has a potential null pointer dereferencing problem. Thanks to Dan Carpenter
for pointing out. This patch will fix the issue.

Signed-off-by: Ashok Nagarajan <ashok@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
index 80ce52772538..4e53c4cbca9e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@
 #define dot11MeshHoldingTimeout(s) (s->u.mesh.mshcfg.dot11MeshHoldingTimeout)
 #define dot11MeshMaxPeerLinks(s) (s->u.mesh.mshcfg.dot11MeshMaxPeerLinks)
 
-#define sta_meets_rssi_threshold(sta, sdata) \
+/* We only need a valid sta if user configured a minimum rssi_threshold. */
+#define rssi_threshold_check(sta, sdata) \
                 (sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.rssi_threshold == 0 ||\
-                (s8) -ewma_read(&sta->avg_signal) > \
-                sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.rssi_threshold)
+                (sta && (s8) -ewma_read(&sta->avg_signal) > \
+                sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.rssi_threshold))
 
 enum plink_event {
         PLINK_UNDEFINED,
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ void mesh_neighbour_update(u8 *hw_addr, u32 rates,
                         sta->plink_state == NL80211_PLINK_LISTEN &&
                         sdata->u.mesh.accepting_plinks &&
                         sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.auto_open_plinks &&
-                        sta_meets_rssi_threshold(sta, sdata))
+                        rssi_threshold_check(sta, sdata))
                 mesh_plink_open(sta);
 
         rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -538,9 +539,9 @@ void mesh_rx_plink_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct ieee80211_m
         }
 
         if (ftype == WLAN_SP_MESH_PEERING_OPEN &&
-            !sta_meets_rssi_threshold(sta, sdata)) {
+            !rssi_threshold_check(sta, sdata)) {
                 mpl_dbg("Mesh plink: %pM does not meet rssi threshold\n",
-                        sta->sta.addr);
+                        mgmt->sa);
                 rcu_read_unlock();
                 return;
         }