In some cases there could be possible dereferencing freed pointer. The
update is intended to avoid this issue.
Signed-off-by: Yuri Ershov <ext-yuri.ershov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/reg.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 1ac2bdd..9ee2be9 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -1831,6 +1831,7 @@ static void reg_process_hint(struct regulatory_request *reg_request)
{
int r = 0;
struct wiphy *wiphy = NULL;
+ enum nl80211_reg_initiator initiator = reg_request->initiator;
BUG_ON(!reg_request->alpha2);
@@ -1850,7 +1851,7 @@ static void reg_process_hint(struct regulatory_request *reg_request)
/* This is required so that the orig_* parameters are saved */
if (r == -EALREADY && wiphy &&
wiphy->flags & WIPHY_FLAG_STRICT_REGULATORY)
- wiphy_update_regulatory(wiphy, reg_request->initiator);
+ wiphy_update_regulatory(wiphy, initiator);
out:
mutex_unlock(®_mutex);
mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
--
1.7.0.4
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