This patch fixes a regression which was introduced in:
"mac80211: move TX station pointer and restructure TX"
IP: p54_tx_80211+0x21/0x513 [p54common]
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: p54usb p54common [...]
Pid: 13394, comm: hostapd 3.6.0-rc4-wl+
RIP: 0010:p54_tx_80211+0x21/0x513
RSP: 0018:... EFLAGS: 00010292
[...]
Process hostapd
Stack:
[...]
Call Trace:
p54_bss_info_changed+0x204/0x21e [p54common]
ieee80211_del_station+0x16/0x32 [mac80211]
ieee80211_start_ap+0x10f/0x157 [mac80211]
nl80211_start_ap+0x315/0x361 [cfg80211]
p54_tx_80211 function is called as part of the
beacon update. The caller p54_bss_info_changed
has to supply a valid tx control struct, or
the control->sta will lead to a null pointer
dereference.
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c
index 6c709c5..d9d0a11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/main.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static int p54_beacon_format_ie_tim(struct sk_buff *skb)
static int p54_beacon_update(struct p54_common *priv,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
{
+ struct ieee80211_tx_control control = { };
struct sk_buff *beacon;
int ret;
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ static int p54_beacon_update(struct p54_common *priv,
* to cancel the old beacon template by hand, instead the firmware
* will release the previous one through the feedback mechanism.
*/
- p54_tx_80211(priv->hw, NULL, beacon);
+ p54_tx_80211(priv->hw, &control, beacon);
priv->tsf_high32 = 0;
priv->tsf_low32 = 0;
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