From 89e1180121f281af16855d4954b9fe3d7354fe73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Huehn Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:21:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mwl8k: fix possible race condition in info->control.sta use info->control.sta may only be dereferenced during the drv_tx call otherwise could lead to use-after-free bugs Reported-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c index cf7bdc66f822..224e03ade145 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.c @@ -1665,7 +1665,9 @@ mwl8k_txq_reclaim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int index, int limit, int force) info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb); if (ieee80211_is_data(wh->frame_control)) { - sta = info->control.sta; + rcu_read_lock(); + sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(hw, wh->addr1, + wh->addr2); if (sta) { sta_info = MWL8K_STA(sta); BUG_ON(sta_info == NULL); @@ -1682,6 +1684,7 @@ mwl8k_txq_reclaim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int index, int limit, int force) sta_info->is_ampdu_allowed = true; } } + rcu_read_unlock(); } ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(info);