ath9k locks for starting RX but not for stopping RX. We could potentially run into a situation where tried to stop RX but immediately started RX. This allows for races on the the RX engine deciding what buffer we last left off on and could potentially cause ath9k to DMA into already free'd memory or in the worst case at a later time to already given memory to other drivers. Fix this by locking stopping RX. This is part of a series that will help resolve the bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14624 For more details about this issue refer to: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=128629803703756&w=2 Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kyungwan Nam <kyungwan.nam@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c index 2b2c318..3b19bbb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c @@ -306,10 +306,8 @@ static void ath_edma_start_recv(struct ath_softc *sc) static void ath_edma_stop_recv(struct ath_softc *sc) { - spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock); ath_rx_remove_buffer(sc, ATH9K_RX_QUEUE_HP); ath_rx_remove_buffer(sc, ATH9K_RX_QUEUE_LP); - spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock); } int ath_rx_init(struct ath_softc *sc, int nbufs) @@ -518,6 +516,7 @@ bool ath_stoprecv(struct ath_softc *sc) struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah; bool stopped; + spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock); ath9k_hw_stoppcurecv(ah); ath9k_hw_setrxfilter(ah, 0); stopped = ath9k_hw_stopdmarecv(ah); @@ -526,6 +525,7 @@ bool ath_stoprecv(struct ath_softc *sc) ath_edma_stop_recv(sc); else sc->rx.rxlink = NULL; + spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock); return stopped; } -- 1.7.0.4 -- 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
