If the frequency can not be mapped to a channel structure log it and drop it.
---
The driver was getting an error return from the frequency map. The invalid freq
uency was not in the frequency table, so the channel structure returned null. T
his test fro that case and does not allow the packet to continue up the stack.
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco
/scan.c
index 86cb54c..e99ca1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/scan.c
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ static void orinoco_add_hostscan_result(struct orinoco_pri
vate *priv,
freq = ieee80211_dsss_chan_to_freq(le16_to_cpu(bss->a.channel));
channel = ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy, freq);
+ if (!channel) {
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "Invalid channel designation %04X(%04X)",
+ bss->a.channel, freq);
+ return; /* Then ignore it for now */
+ }
timestamp = 0;
capability = le16_to_cpu(bss->a.capabilities);
beacon_interval = le16_to_cpu(bss->a.beacon_interv);
Signed-off-by: Joseph J. Gunn <armadefuego@xxxxxxxxx>
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