* [PATCH] iwmc3200wifi: fix NULL pointer dereference in iwm_if_free
@ 2009-07-09 9:16 Zhu Yi
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From: Zhu Yi @ 2009-07-09 9:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linville; +Cc: linux-wireless, Zhu Yi
The driver private data is now based on wiphy. So we should not
touch the private data after wiphy_free() is called. The patch
fixes the potential NULL pointer dereference by making the
iwm_wdev_free() the last one on the interface removal path.
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c | 6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c
index e94e969..bb71f8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c
@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ void iwm_if_free(struct iwm_priv *iwm)
if (!iwm_to_ndev(iwm))
return;
- free_netdev(iwm_to_ndev(iwm));
- iwm_wdev_free(iwm);
- iwm_priv_deinit(iwm);
kfree(iwm->umac_profile);
iwm->umac_profile = NULL;
+ free_netdev(iwm_to_ndev(iwm));
+ iwm_priv_deinit(iwm);
+ iwm_wdev_free(iwm);
}
int iwm_if_add(struct iwm_priv *iwm)
--
1.6.0.4
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