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[PATCH 1/7] mac80211: fix possible memory leak on AP CSA failure

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If CSA for AP interface failed and the interface
was not stopped afterwards another CSA request
would leak sdata->u.ap.next_beacon.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/mac80211/cfg.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 65dac7f..62bf6c4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -2988,6 +2988,21 @@ cfg80211_beacon_dup(struct cfg80211_beacon_data *beacon)
 	return new_beacon;
 }
 
+static int ieee80211_ap_finish_csa(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = ieee80211_assign_beacon(sdata, sdata->u.ap.next_beacon);
+	kfree(sdata->u.ap.next_beacon);
+	sdata->u.ap.next_beacon = NULL;
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
+	ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, err);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void ieee80211_csa_finish(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
@@ -3019,15 +3034,9 @@ static void ieee80211_csa_finalize(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	sdata->vif.csa_active = false;
 	switch (sdata->vif.type) {
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
-		err = ieee80211_assign_beacon(sdata, sdata->u.ap.next_beacon);
+		err = ieee80211_ap_finish_csa(sdata);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return;
-
-		changed |= err;
-		kfree(sdata->u.ap.next_beacon);
-		sdata->u.ap.next_beacon = NULL;
-
-		ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, err);
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 		ieee80211_ibss_finish_csa(sdata);
-- 
1.8.4.rc3

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