From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau , "John W. Linville" Subject: [ 08/15] ath9k: fix double-free bug on beacon generate failure Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:48:41 +0100 Message-Id: <20130201104757.070340263@linuxfoundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20130201104756.470588207@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20130201104756.470588207@linuxfoundation.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Felix Fietkau commit 1adb2e2b5f85023d17eb4f95386a57029df27c88 upstream. When the next beacon is sent, the ath_buf from the previous run is reused. If getting a new beacon from mac80211 fails, bf->bf_mpdu is not reset, yet the skb is freed, leading to a double-free on the next beacon tx attempt, resulting in a system crash. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c @@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_beacon_genera skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE); dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); bf->bf_buf_addr = 0; + bf->bf_mpdu = NULL; } /* Get a new beacon from mac80211 */