The tx ring index was immediately trimmed with a bitmask. This discarded the 0xFFFFFFFF error case (which theoretically can happen when a device is abruptly disconnected) and led to using an invalid tx ring index. This could lead to memory corruption. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c index d185dc0..7c6c7d5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c @@ -603,16 +603,19 @@ static int ath10k_ce_completed_send_next_nolock(struct ath10k_ce_pipe *ce_state, if (ret) return ret; - src_ring->hw_index = - ath10k_ce_src_ring_read_index_get(ar, ctrl_addr); - src_ring->hw_index &= nentries_mask; + read_index = ath10k_ce_src_ring_read_index_get(ar, ctrl_addr); + if (read_index == 0xFFFFFFFF) + return -ENODEV; + + read_index &= nentries_mask; + src_ring->hw_index = read_index; ath10k_pci_sleep(ar); } read_index = src_ring->hw_index; - if ((read_index == sw_index) || (read_index == 0xffffffff)) + if (read_index == sw_index) return -EIO; sbase = src_ring->shadow_base; -- 1.8.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html