ath10k: make sure to not use invalid beacon pointer
authorMichal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:30:05 +0000 (19:30 +0300)
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:22:41 +0000 (09:22 +0300)
If DMA mapping of next beacon failed it was
possible for next SWBA to access a pointer that
was already unmapped and freed. This could cause
memory corruption.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c

index fe4d5f1..11176cc 100644 (file)
@@ -1431,6 +1431,7 @@ static void ath10k_wmi_event_host_swba(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
                                         ATH10K_SKB_CB(arvif->beacon)->paddr,
                                         arvif->beacon->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
                        dev_kfree_skb_any(arvif->beacon);
+                       arvif->beacon = NULL;
                }
 
                ATH10K_SKB_CB(bcn)->paddr = dma_map_single(arvif->ar->dev,