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staging: rtl8723bs: avoid null pointer dereference on pmlmepriv
There is a check to see if pmlmepriv is null before vfree'ing pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf hence implying pmlmepriv could potenially be null. However, a previous call to rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data can also dereference pmlmepriv, so move this call so that it is only called if pmlmepriv non-null. Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1077739 ("Dereference before null check") Fixes: 554c0a3 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c

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@@ -119,9 +119,8 @@ void rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
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void _rtw_free_mlme_priv(struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv)
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{
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rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(pmlmepriv);
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if (pmlmepriv) {
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rtw_free_mlme_priv_ie_data(pmlmepriv);
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if (pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf) {
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vfree(pmlmepriv->free_bss_buf);
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}

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