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Re: mwifiex: exit on error - without calling rcu_read_unlock()

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Antti Antinoja <antti@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Please refer to:
>
> * https://grsecurity.net/the_life_of_a_bad_security_fix
> *
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3d94a4a8373bf5f45cf5f939e88b8354dbf2311b#diff-c5e2f17b92b8e8f30306c5dd148d874f
>
> At quick glance it looks to me like the issue really is there: Not
> calling rcu_read_unlock() before return on line 237.

Ganapahti, can you send a fix this for this?

Remember to add to the commit log:

Fixes: 3d94a4a8373b ("mwifiex: fix possible heap overflow in mwifiex_process_country_ie()")

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