The function to parse a struct iw_freq has a stupid bug,
it returns NULL when the channel cannot be found at all,
but NULL is supposed to mean "auto". Fix this by checking
the return value of ieee80211_get_channel() and returning
ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) if it returned NULL (channel not found).
This fixes an issue where you could say (in IBSS mode)
iwconfig wlan0 channel 21
and it would use channel 1 instead because that's the
first available channel with IBSS allowed (which is what
the "auto" setting uses).
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/wext-compat.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/wext-compat.c 2009-05-08 09:13:39.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/wext-compat.c 2009-05-08 09:36:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -296,22 +296,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cfg80211_wext_siwmlme)
struct ieee80211_channel *cfg80211_wext_freq(struct wiphy *wiphy,
struct iw_freq *freq)
{
+ struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
+ int f;
+
+ /*
+ * Parse frequency - return NULL for auto and
+ * -EINVAL for impossible things.
+ */
if (freq->e == 0) {
if (freq->m < 0)
return NULL;
- else
- return ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy,
- ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(freq->m));
+ f = ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(freq->m);
} else {
int i, div = 1000000;
for (i = 0; i < freq->e; i++)
div /= 10;
- if (div > 0)
- return ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy, freq->m / div);
- else
+ if (div <= 0)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ f = freq->m / div;
}
+ /*
+ * Look up channel struct and return -EINVAL when
+ * it cannot be found.
+ */
+ chan = ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy, f);
+ if (!chan)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ return chan;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cfg80211_wext_freq);
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