staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network

[ Upstream commit 41460a1 ]

The variable pwlan has the possibility of being NULL when passed into
rtw_free_network_nolock() which would later dereference the variable.

Fixes: 554c0a3 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260202205429.20181-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

Author: Ethan Tidmore

drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c

@@ -835,8 +835,10 @@ static void find_network(struct adapter *adapter)
 	struct wlan_network *tgt_network = &pmlmepriv->cur_network;
 
 	pwlan = rtw_find_network(&pmlmepriv->scanned_queue, tgt_network->network.mac_address);
-	if (pwlan)
-		pwlan->fixed = false;
+	if (!pwlan)
+		return;
+
+	pwlan->fixed = false;
 
 	if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, WIFI_ADHOC_MASTER_STATE) &&
 	    (adapter->stapriv.asoc_sta_count == 1))