"mac80211: move control.hw_key assignment" changed an if-else into two
separate if statments, but the if-else is needed to prevent
dereferencing a null info->control.hw_key. This fixes avoids a lock-up
during association on my machine when using WEP.
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/wep.c | 5 ++---
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/wep.c b/net/mac80211/wep.c
index 0a4c641..5d745f2 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/wep.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wep.c
@@ -310,9 +310,8 @@ static int wep_encrypt_skb(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx, struct sk_buff *skb)
tx->key->conf.keylen,
tx->key->conf.keyidx))
return -1;
- }
-
- if (info->control.hw_key->flags & IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV) {
+ } else if (info->control.hw_key->flags &
+ IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_GENERATE_IV) {
if (!ieee80211_wep_add_iv(tx->local, skb,
tx->key->conf.keylen,
tx->key->conf.keyidx))
--
1.6.2.5
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