[PATCH 3.13 017/160] staging: r8188eu: Calling rtw_get_stainfo() with a NULL sta_addr will return NULL

[Kamal Mostafa]

3.13.11.3 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 9452bf560273e4de2395ffdd79024debfb0c1290 upstream.

This makes the follow-on check for psta != NULL pointless and makes
the whole exercise rather pointless. This is another case of why
blindly zero-initializing variables when they are declared is bad.

Reported-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
index 9f0f30f7..6f281d4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ _func_exit_;
 /* set the security information in the recv_frame */
 static union recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter, union recv_frame *precv_frame)
 {
-	u8   *psta_addr = NULL, *ptr;
+	u8   *psta_addr, *ptr;
 	uint  auth_alg;
 	struct recv_frame_hdr *pfhdr;
 	struct sta_info *psta;
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ static union recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter, union recv_frame *pre
 _func_enter_;
 
 	pstapriv = &adapter->stapriv;
-	psta = rtw_get_stainfo(pstapriv, psta_addr);
 
 	auth_alg = adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm;
 
@@ -580,6 +579,7 @@ _func_enter_;
 	pfhdr = &precv_frame->u.hdr;
 	pattrib = &pfhdr->attrib;
 	psta_addr = pattrib->ta;
+	psta = rtw_get_stainfo(pstapriv, psta_addr);
 
 	prtnframe = NULL;
 
-- 
1.9.1

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