Synchronize additions to nontrans_list of transmitting BSS with bss_lock to avoid races. Also when cfg80211_add_nontrans_list() fails __cfg80211_unlink_bss() needs bss_lock to be held (has lockdep assert on bss_lock). So protect the whole block with bss_lock to avoid races and warnings. Found during code review. Fixes: 0b8fb8235be8 ("cfg80211: Parsing of Multiple BSSID information in scanning") Signed-off-by: Rameshkumar Sundaram <quic_ramess@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/scan.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c index b888522..286cfe3 100644 --- a/net/wireless/scan.c +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c @@ -2011,11 +2011,13 @@ cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data(struct wiphy *wiphy, /* this is a nontransmitting bss, we need to add it to * transmitting bss' list if it is not there */ + spin_lock_bh(&rdev->bss_lock); if (cfg80211_add_nontrans_list(non_tx_data->tx_bss, &res->pub)) { if (__cfg80211_unlink_bss(rdev, res)) rdev->bss_generation++; } + spin_unlock_bh(&rdev->bss_lock); } trace_cfg80211_return_bss(&res->pub); -- 2.7.4