mac80211: fix access to null skb

Without this patch, if xmit_skb is null but net_ratelimit() returns 0 we would
go to the else branch and access the null xmit_skb. Pointed out by Johannes
Berg.

Signed-off-by: Luis Carlos Cobo <luisca@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 02f436a86061..9c57b3af0244 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1305,11 +1305,11 @@ ieee80211_deliver_skb(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
                 if (is_multicast_ether_addr(skb->data)) {
                         if (*mesh_ttl > 0) {
                                 xmit_skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-                                if (!xmit_skb && net_ratelimit())
+                                if (xmit_skb)
+                                        xmit_skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OTHERHOST;
+                                else if (net_ratelimit())
                                         printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: failed to clone "
                                                "multicast frame\n", dev->name);
-                                else
-                                        xmit_skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OTHERHOST;
                         } else
                                 IEEE80211_IFSTA_MESH_CTR_INC(&sdata->u.sta,
                                                              dropped_frames_ttl);