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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: check sta_info_get() return value

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On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 13:14 +0300, Eliad Peller wrote:
> ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session() was calling sta_info_get()
> without rcu locking, and the return value was not
> checked.
> This resulted in the following panic:
> 
> [<bf05726c>] (ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session+0x0/0x60 [mac80211])
> [<bf0abd94>] (wl1271_event_handle+0x0/0xdc8 [wl12xx])
> [<bf0a7308>] (wl1271_irq+0x0/0x4a0 [wl12xx])
> [<c00c40a8>] (irq_thread+0x0/0x254)
> [<c00a7398>] (kthread+0x0/0x8c)

Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/mac80211/agg-rx.c |   10 +++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
> index ebadb9a..fd1aaf2 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
> @@ -104,14 +104,22 @@ void ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u16 ba_rx_bitmap,
>  				  const u8 *addr)
>  {
>  	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
> -	struct sta_info *sta = sta_info_get(sdata, addr);
> +	struct sta_info *sta;
>  	int i;
>  
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	sta = sta_info_get(sdata, addr);
> +	if (!sta) {
> +		rcu_read_unlock();
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < STA_TID_NUM; i++)
>  		if (ba_rx_bitmap & BIT(i))
>  			set_bit(i, sta->ampdu_mlme.tid_rx_stop_requested);
>  
>  	ieee80211_queue_work(&sta->local->hw, &sta->ampdu_mlme.work);
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session);
>  


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