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authorChristian Lamparter2008-12-09 21:07:50 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville2008-12-12 20:02:15 +0100
commit59651e89187293e88863891b821c7379391ef75c (patch)
tree1551075914e98552269c83c25ef15be30f59c651 /drivers
parentmac80211: Disable requests for new scans in AP mode (diff)
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p54: fix oops on faulty devices
This patch fixes an oops when the devices suddenly starts to receive martian data frames. bug reference: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122872280317635&w=2 Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c
index fac6b416e9e9..a4e99b02af02 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c
@@ -540,6 +540,14 @@ static int p54_rx_data(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
size_t header_len = sizeof(*hdr);
u32 tsf32;
+ /*
+ * If the device is in a unspecified state we have to
+ * ignore all data frames. Else we could end up with a
+ * nasty crash.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(priv->mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED))
+ return 0;
+
if (!(hdr->flags & cpu_to_le16(P54_HDR_FLAG_DATA_IN_FCS_GOOD))) {
if (priv->filter_flags & FIF_FCSFAIL)
rx_status.flag |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC;
@@ -608,6 +616,12 @@ void p54_free_skb(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (unlikely(!skb || !dev || !skb_queue_len(&priv->tx_queue)))
return;
+ /*
+ * don't try to free an already unlinked skb
+ */
+ if (unlikely((!skb->next) || (!skb->prev)))
+ return;
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
range = (void *)info->rate_driver_data;
@@ -1695,19 +1709,18 @@ static void p54_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
struct sk_buff *skb;
mutex_lock(&priv->conf_mutex);
+ priv->mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
del_timer(&priv->stats_timer);
p54_free_skb(dev, priv->cached_stats);
priv->cached_stats = NULL;
if (priv->cached_beacon)
p54_tx_cancel(dev, priv->cached_beacon);
+ priv->stop(dev);
while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&priv->tx_queue)))
kfree_skb(skb);
-
priv->cached_beacon = NULL;
- priv->stop(dev);
priv->tsf_high32 = priv->tsf_low32 = 0;
- priv->mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
mutex_unlock(&priv->conf_mutex);
}