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[PATCH v3 07/11] mwifiex: reset card->adapter during device unregister

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From: Xinming Hu <huxm@xxxxxxxxxxx>

card->adapter gets initialized in mwifiex_register_dev(). As it's not
cleared in mwifiex_unregister_dev(), we may end up accessing the memory
which is already free in below scenario.

Scenario: Driver initialization is failed due to incorrect firmware or
some other reason. Meanwhile device reboot/unload occurs.

This is safe, now that we've properly synchronized suspend() and
remove() with the FW initialization thread; now that code can simply
check for 'card->adapter == NULL' and exit safely.

Signed-off-by: Xinming Hu <huxm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Xinming Hu <huxm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Same as v1 and v2
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c | 1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
index 4d96683..1ab366c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
@@ -3048,6 +3048,7 @@ static void mwifiex_unregister_dev(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 			if (card->msi_enable)
 				pci_disable_msi(pdev);
 	       }
+		card->adapter = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c
index 39ffe7d..4c4b012 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sdio.c
@@ -2019,6 +2019,7 @@ static int mwifiex_alloc_sdio_mpa_buffers(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 	struct sdio_mmc_card *card = adapter->card;
 
 	if (adapter->card) {
+		card->adapter = NULL;
 		sdio_claim_host(card->func);
 		sdio_disable_func(card->func);
 		sdio_release_host(card->func);
-- 
1.9.1




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