At the moment it is possible to call ieee80211_unregister_hw()
for an unregistered hw structure. This will cause a big panic.
This patch will add a check to check if IEEE80211_DEV_REGISTERED
has been set before attempting to unregister hw.
Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
index 577dbe3..7494280 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
@@ -4765,6 +4765,12 @@ void ieee80211_unregister_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
/* TODO: skb_queue should be empty here, no need to do anything? */
rtnl_lock();
+
+ if (local->reg_state != IEEE80211_DEV_REGISTERED) {
+ rtnl_unlock();
+ return;
+ }
+
local->reg_state = IEEE80211_DEV_UNREGISTERED;
if (local->apdev)
ieee80211_if_del_mgmt(local);
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