carl9170: tx: fix an incorrect use of list iterator
If the previous list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() don't exit early (no goto hit inside the loop), the iterator 'cvif' after the loop will be a bogus pointer to an invalid structure object containing the HEAD (&ar->vif_list). As a result, the use of 'cvif' after that will lead to a invalid memory access (i.e., 'cvif->id': the invalid pointer dereference when return back to/after the callsite in the carl9170_update_beacon()). The original intention should have been to return the valid 'cvif' when found in list, NULL otherwise. So just return NULL when no entry found, to fix this bug. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 1f1d9654 ("carl9170: refactor carl9170_update_beacon") Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com> Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220328122820.1004-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com
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