ath5k: check return value of ieee80211_get_tx_rate
This avoids a NULL pointer dereference as reported here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625889
When the WARN condition is hit in ieee80211_get_tx_rate, it will return
NULL. So, we need to check the return value and avoid dereferencing it
in that case.
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Acked-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 373dcfe..d77ce99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -1327,6 +1327,10 @@
PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
rate = ieee80211_get_tx_rate(sc->hw, info);
+ if (!rate) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_unmap;
+ }
if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK)
flags |= AR5K_TXDESC_NOACK;