From: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:22:42 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: mac80211: fix rcu-unsafe pointer dereference
X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2c15a0cf27a74213a714cc7be31685b841f7c1ac;p=linux-beck.git

mac80211: fix rcu-unsafe pointer dereference

This patch fixes a potential crash (null-pointer de-
reference) which was introduced in my previous patch:
 "mac80211: AMPDU rx reorder timeout timer"

During a BA teardown, the pointer to the soon-to-be-gone
tid_ampdu_rx element will be nullified. Therefore the
release timer mechanism has to be careful not to
accidentally access the item without any RCU protection.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
---

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index e1844f7085de..e67deb48af5c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -2479,6 +2479,11 @@ void ieee80211_release_reorder_timeout(struct sta_info *sta, int tid)
 {
 	struct sk_buff_head frames;
 	struct ieee80211_rx_data rx = { };
+	struct tid_ampdu_rx *tid_agg_rx;
+
+	tid_agg_rx = rcu_dereference(sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid]);
+	if (!tid_agg_rx)
+		return;
 
 	__skb_queue_head_init(&frames);
 
@@ -2493,10 +2498,9 @@ void ieee80211_release_reorder_timeout(struct sta_info *sta, int tid)
 		     test_bit(SCAN_OFF_CHANNEL, &sta->local->scanning)))
 		rx.flags |= IEEE80211_RX_IN_SCAN;
 
-	spin_lock(&sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid]->reorder_lock);
-	ieee80211_sta_reorder_release(&sta->local->hw,
-		sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid], &frames);
-	spin_unlock(&sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx[tid]->reorder_lock);
+	spin_lock(&tid_agg_rx->reorder_lock);
+	ieee80211_sta_reorder_release(&sta->local->hw, tid_agg_rx, &frames);
+	spin_unlock(&tid_agg_rx->reorder_lock);
 
 	ieee80211_rx_handlers(&rx, &frames);
 }