Return-path: Received: from mail.net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de ([130.149.220.252]:45201 "EHLO mail.net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932362Ab2GMSwf (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:52:35 -0400 From: Thomas Huehn To: linville@tuxdriver.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org, ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org, ilw@linux.intel.com, users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com, chunkeey@googlemail.com, buytenh@wantstofly.org, dsd@gentoo.org, coelho@ti.com, johannes.berg@intel.com Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211_hwsim: fix possible race condition in usage of info->control.sta & control.vif Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:52:24 +0200 Message-Id: <1342205545-45382-2-git-send-email-thomas@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de> (sfid-20120713_205240_575446_3238342F) In-Reply-To: <1342205545-45382-1-git-send-email-thomas@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de> References: <1342205545-45382-1-git-send-email-thomas@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: info->control.sta and control.vif may only be dereferenced during the drv_tx call otherwise could lead to use-after-free bugs. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn --- drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c index 3f38d84..826ac7b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c @@ -1540,11 +1540,6 @@ static int hwsim_tx_info_frame_received_nl(struct sk_buff *skb_2, /* now send back TX status */ txi = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb); - if (txi->control.vif) - hwsim_check_magic(txi->control.vif); - if (txi->control.sta) - hwsim_check_sta_magic(txi->control.sta); - ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(txi); for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_TX_MAX_RATES; i++) { -- 1.7.11.1