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Re: [PATCH -next] wireless: ath9k-htc: fix possible use after free

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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 12:06:17PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Inside ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail(), the instance of
> > 'struct struct hif_device_usb' may be freed by
> > ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect() after
> >
> >         complete(&hif_dev->fw_done);
> >
> > But 'hif_dev' is still accessed after the line code
> > above is executed.
> >
> > This patch fixes the issue by not accessing 'hif_dev'
> > after 'complete(&hif_dev->fw_done)' inside
> > ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail().
> >
> > Cc: ath9k-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Gentle ping, :-)

This is commit e962610f8100e1b52973f5a9c855cbc3d1ba04ec in wireless-next?

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