This patch fixes an oops when the devices suddenly starts to receive martian data frames. bug reference: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122872280317635&w=2 Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxx> --- diff -Nurp a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c --- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c 2008-12-09 19:13:06.867910376 +0100 +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c 2008-12-09 20:13:56.467888032 +0100 @@ -541,6 +541,14 @@ static int p54_rx_data(struct ieee80211_ size_t header_len = sizeof(*hdr); u32 tsf32; + /* + * If the device is in a unspecified state we have to + * ignore all data frames. Else we could end up with a + * nasty crash. + */ + if (unlikely(priv->mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED)) + return 0; + if (!(hdr->flags & cpu_to_le16(P54_HDR_FLAG_DATA_IN_FCS_GOOD))) { if (priv->filter_flags & FIF_FCSFAIL) rx_status.flag |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC; @@ -609,6 +617,12 @@ void p54_free_skb(struct ieee80211_hw *d if (unlikely(!skb || !dev || !skb_queue_len(&priv->tx_queue))) return; + /* + * don't try to free an already unlinked skb + */ + if (unlikely((!skb->next) || (!skb->prev))) + return; + spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags); info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb); range = (void *)info->rate_driver_data; @@ -1676,19 +1690,18 @@ static void p54_stop(struct ieee80211_hw struct sk_buff *skb; mutex_lock(&priv->conf_mutex); + priv->mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED; del_timer(&priv->stats_timer); p54_free_skb(dev, priv->cached_stats); priv->cached_stats = NULL; if (priv->cached_beacon) p54_tx_cancel(dev, priv->cached_beacon); + priv->stop(dev); while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&priv->tx_queue))) kfree_skb(skb); - priv->cached_beacon = NULL; - priv->stop(dev); priv->tsf_high32 = priv->tsf_low32 = 0; - priv->mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED; mutex_unlock(&priv->conf_mutex); } -- 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
