mac80211: potential null dereference in mesh forwarding

Commit Message

Dan Carpenter Jan. 3, 2011, 5:43 a.m. UTC

None

Patch

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 5e9d3bc..dc8b566 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1831,8 +1831,9 @@  ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 
 			fwd_skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
-			if (!fwd_skb && net_ratelimit()) {
-				printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: failed to clone mesh frame\n",
+			if (!fwd_skb) {
+				if (net_ratelimit())
+					printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: failed to clone mesh frame\n",
 						   sdata->name);
 				goto out;
 			}