From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: John Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.37] mac80211: add missing synchronize_rcu
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:42:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1294080144.3436.7.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
commit ad0e2b5a00dbec303e4682b403bb6703d11dcdb2
Author: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Date: Tue Jun 1 10:19:19 2010 +0200
mac80211: simplify key locking
removed the synchronization against RCU and thus
opened a race window where we can use a key for
TX while it is already freed. Put a synchronisation
into the right place to close that window.
Reported-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@mbnet.fi>
Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.36+]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
---
net/mac80211/key.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/key.c 2011-01-03 19:04:10.000000000 +0100
+++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/key.c 2011-01-03 19:04:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ static void __ieee80211_key_destroy(stru
if (!key)
return;
+ /*
+ * Synchronize so the TX path can no longer be using
+ * this key before we free/remove it.
+ */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
if (key->local)
ieee80211_key_disable_hw_accel(key);
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