This patch fixes a double free corruption in __cfg80211_scan_done:
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BUG kmalloc-512: Object already free
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INFO: Allocated in load_elf_binary+0x18b/0x19af age=6
INFO: Freed in load_elf_binary+0x104e/0x19af age=5
INFO: Slab 0xffffea0001bae4c0 objects=14 used=7
INFO: Object 0xffff88007e8a9918 @offset=6424 fp=0xffff88007e8a9488
Bytes b4 0xffff88007e8a9908: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5a 5a
[...]
Pid: 28705, comm: rmmod Tainted: P C 2.6.31-rc2-wl #1
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff810da9f4>] print_trailer+0x14e/0x16e
[<ffffffff810daa56>] object_err+0x42/0x61
[<ffffffff810dbcd9>] __slab_free+0x2af/0x396
[<ffffffffa0ec9694>] ? wiphy_unregister+0x92/0x142 [cfg80211]
[<ffffffff810dd5e3>] kfree+0x13c/0x17a
[<ffffffffa0ec9694>] ? wiphy_unregister+0x92/0x142 [cfg80211]
[<ffffffffa0ec9694>] wiphy_unregister+0x92/0x142 [cfg80211]
[<ffffffffa0eed163>] ieee80211_unregister_hw+0xc8/0xff [mac80211]
[<ffffffffa0f3fbc8>] p54_unregister_common+0x31/0x66 [p54common]
[...]
FIX kmalloc-512: Object at 0xffff88007e8a9918 not freed
The code path which leads to the *funny* double free:
request = rdev->scan_req;
dev = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, request->ifidx);
/*
* the driver was unloaded recently and
* therefore dev_get_by_index will return NULL!
*/
if (!dev)
goto out;
[...]
rdev->scan_req = NULL; /* not executed... */
[...]
out:
kfree(request);
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <[email protected]>
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huh, no one spotted that bug before?
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diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 4f552c3..4ad8b4b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct work_struct *wk)
else
nl80211_send_scan_done(wiphy_to_dev(request->wiphy), dev);
- wiphy_to_dev(request->wiphy)->scan_req = NULL;
-
#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
if (!request->aborted) {
memset(&wrqu, 0, sizeof(wrqu));
@@ -61,6 +59,7 @@ void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct work_struct *wk)
dev_put(dev);
out:
+ rdev->scan_req = NULL;
cfg80211_unlock_rdev(rdev);
kfree(request);
}