[PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: Avoid null pointer arithmetic

From: Aymen Qader
Date: Thu Sep 27 2018 - 13:04:21 EST


Avoid null pointer arithmetic in rtw_mlme_ext.c by skipping other field
checks if the information element pointer is null.

Signed-off-by: Aymen Qader <qader.aymen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index 834053a0ae9d..8a3a71456cd0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -2971,8 +2971,10 @@ static unsigned int OnAssocReq(struct adapter *padapter,
/* checking SSID */
p = rtw_get_ie(pframe + WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + ie_offset, _SSID_IE_, &ie_len,
pkt_len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - ie_offset);
- if (!p)
+ if (!p) {
status = _STATS_FAILURE_;
+ goto OnAssocReqFail;
+ }

if (ie_len == 0) { /* broadcast ssid, however it is not allowed in assocreq */
status = _STATS_FAILURE_;
--
2.17.1