From: Larry Finger Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 16:12:58 +0000 (-0500) Subject: staging: r8188eu: Calling rtw_get_stainfo() with a NULL sta_addr will return NULL X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~176^2~4024^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9452bf560273e4de2395ffdd79024debfb0c1290;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git staging: r8188eu: Calling rtw_get_stainfo() with a NULL sta_addr will return NULL 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 Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Cc: Stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c index 636ec553ae83..01fcabcc8e56 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static struct recv_frame *decryptor(struct adapter *padapter, static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter, struct recv_frame *precv_frame) { - u8 *psta_addr = NULL, *ptr; + u8 *psta_addr, *ptr; uint auth_alg; struct recv_frame *pfhdr; struct sta_info *psta; @@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter, pstapriv = &adapter->stapriv; - psta = rtw_get_stainfo(pstapriv, psta_addr); auth_alg = adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm; @@ -566,6 +565,7 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter, pfhdr = precv_frame; pattrib = &pfhdr->attrib; psta_addr = pattrib->ta; + psta = rtw_get_stainfo(pstapriv, psta_addr); prtnframe = NULL;