accessing RXBUF list in ath_rx_cleanup may cause panic if ath_descdma_setup fails even before RXBUF list is initialized. Signee-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c index 4bc43db..7d9c060 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c @@ -1773,6 +1773,7 @@ int ath_descdma_setup(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_descdma *dd, DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DBG_CONFIG, "%s DMA: %u buffers %u desc/buf\n", name, nbuf, ndesc); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(head); /* ath_desc must be a multiple of DWORDs */ if ((sizeof(struct ath_desc) % 4) != 0) { DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DBG_FATAL, "ath_desc not DWORD aligned\n"); @@ -1823,7 +1824,6 @@ int ath_descdma_setup(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_descdma *dd, } dd->dd_bufptr = bf; - INIT_LIST_HEAD(head); for (i = 0; i < nbuf; i++, bf++, ds += ndesc) { bf->bf_desc = ds; bf->bf_daddr = DS2PHYS(dd, ds); -- 1.6.0.4 -- 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