[24/67] rtl8180: avoid potential NULL deref in rtl8180_beacon_work
From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Aug 11 2010 - 20:16:23 EST
2.6.35-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
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From: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 8f1d2d2be73a98c21e68fe2a26f633892d4abdd1 upstream.
ieee80211_beacon_get can return NULL...
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180_dev.c
@@ -688,6 +688,8 @@ void rtl8180_beacon_work(struct work_str
/* grab a fresh beacon */
skb = ieee80211_beacon_get(dev, vif);
+ if (!skb)
+ goto resched;
/*
* update beacon timestamp w/ TSF value
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