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Re: [PATCH] wmediumd: fix use-after-free in client removal

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On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 03:37:08PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If a client dies while we're waiting for an ACK from it, then
> wmediumd_api_handler() will call wmediumd_remove_client() and
> free the client, even while we're still waiting for it to
> respond in wmediumd_wait_for_client_ack(). This leads then to
> wmediumd_wait_for_client_ack() using the data after it was
> already freed, and we also get stuck.

Applied, thanks.



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