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Re: [PATCH 1/2] libertas: fix memory corruption in lbs_remove_card()

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On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 16:00 +0000, Daniel Drake wrote:
> "priv" is stored at the end of the wiphy structure, which is freed
> during the call to lbs_cfg_free(). It must not be touched afterwards.
> 
> Remove the unnecessary NULL assignment causing this memory corruption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c |    2 --
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Please apply for 2.6.37
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> index 46b88b1..fcd1bbf 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
> @@ -915,8 +915,6 @@ void lbs_remove_card(struct lbs_private *priv)
>  
>  	lbs_free_adapter(priv);
>  	lbs_cfg_free(priv);
> -
> -	priv->dev = NULL;
>  	free_netdev(dev);
>  
>  	lbs_deb_leave(LBS_DEB_MAIN);


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