* [PATCH 2.6.31] cfg80211: fix refcount leak
@ 2009-07-02 13:46 Johannes Berg
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From: Johannes Berg @ 2009-07-02 13:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: John Linville; +Cc: linux-wireless
The code in cfg80211's cfg80211_bss_update erroneously
grabs a reference to the BSS, which means that it will
never be freed.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.29, 2.6.30]
---
net/wireless/scan.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/scan.c 2009-07-02 15:32:12.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/scan.c 2009-07-02 15:39:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_regi
found = rb_find_bss(dev, res);
if (found) {
- kref_get(&found->ref);
found->pub.beacon_interval = res->pub.beacon_interval;
found->pub.tsf = res->pub.tsf;
found->pub.signal = res->pub.signal;
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