The `ar_usb` field of `ath6kl_usb_pipe_usb_pipe` objects
are initialized to point to the containing `ath6kl_usb` object
according to endpoint descriptors read from the device side, as shown
below in `ath6kl_usb_setup_pipe_resources`:

for (i = 0; i < iface_desc->desc.bNumEndpoints; ++i) {
        endpoint = &iface_desc->endpoint[i].desc;

        // get the address from endpoint descriptor
        pipe_num = ath6kl_usb_get_logical_pipe_num(ar_usb,
                                                endpoint->bEndpointAddress,
                                                &urbcount);
        ......
        // select the pipe object
        pipe = &ar_usb->pipes[pipe_num];

        // initialize the ar_usb field
        pipe->ar_usb = ar_usb;
}

The driver assumes that the addresses reported in endpoint
descriptors from device side  to be complete. If a device is
malicious and does not report complete addresses, it may trigger
NULL-ptr-deref `ath6kl_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe` and
`ath6kl_usb_free_urb_to_pipe`.

This patch fixes the bug by preventing potential NULL-ptr-deref.

Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Hui Peng <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Mathias Payer <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c 
b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c
index 4defb7a0330f..53b66e9434c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ ath6kl_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe(struct ath6kl_usb_pipe 
*pipe)
        struct ath6kl_urb_context *urb_context = NULL;
        unsigned long flags;
 
+       /* bail if this pipe is not initialized */
+       if (!pipe->ar_usb)
+               return NULL;
+
        spin_lock_irqsave(&pipe->ar_usb->cs_lock, flags);
        if (!list_empty(&pipe->urb_list_head)) {
                urb_context =
@@ -150,6 +154,10 @@ static void ath6kl_usb_free_urb_to_pipe(struct 
ath6kl_usb_pipe *pipe,
 {
        unsigned long flags;
 
+       /* bail if this pipe is not initialized */
+       if (!pipe->ar_usb)
+               return;
+
        spin_lock_irqsave(&pipe->ar_usb->cs_lock, flags);
        pipe->urb_cnt++;
 
-- 
2.22.0

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