From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Move the internal scan request allocation below the last
sanity check in ieee80211_register_hw() to avoid leaking
memory if the sanity check actually triggers.
Reported-by: ZHAO Gang <gamerh2o@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/main.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 2bd5b55..d767cfb 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -846,17 +846,6 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
/* TODO: consider VHT for RX chains, hopefully it's the same */
}
- local->int_scan_req = kzalloc(sizeof(*local->int_scan_req) +
- sizeof(void *) * channels, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!local->int_scan_req)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- for (band = 0; band < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; band++) {
- if (!local->hw.wiphy->bands[band])
- continue;
- local->int_scan_req->rates[band] = (u32) -1;
- }
-
/* if low-level driver supports AP, we also support VLAN */
if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)) {
hw->wiphy->interface_modes |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN);
@@ -880,6 +869,17 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ local->int_scan_req = kzalloc(sizeof(*local->int_scan_req) +
+ sizeof(void *) * channels, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!local->int_scan_req)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ for (band = 0; band < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; band++) {
+ if (!local->hw.wiphy->bands[band])
+ continue;
+ local->int_scan_req->rates[band] = (u32) -1;
+ }
+
#ifndef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
/* mesh depends on Kconfig, but drivers should set it if they want */
local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes &= ~BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT);
--
1.8.5.1
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