The patch below does not apply to the 4.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 6e8ef842223b90a33efd570128bb566a9ae6f5ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Purushottam Kushwaha <pkushwah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 13:44:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] nl80211: Move ACL parsing later to avoid a possible memory
leak
No support for pbss results in a memory leak for the acl_data
(if parse_acl_data succeeds). Fix this by moving the ACL parsing later.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 34d505193bd10 ("cfg80211: basic support for PBSS network type")
Signed-off-by: Purushottam Kushwaha <pkushwah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d7599014055d..7d72283901a3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3487,16 +3487,16 @@ static int nl80211_start_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
params.smps_mode = NL80211_SMPS_OFF;
}
+ params.pbss = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_PBSS]);
+ if (params.pbss && !rdev->wiphy.bands[NL80211_BAND_60GHZ])
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_ACL_POLICY]) {
params.acl = parse_acl_data(&rdev->wiphy, info);
if (IS_ERR(params.acl))
return PTR_ERR(params.acl);
}
- params.pbss = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_PBSS]);
- if (params.pbss && !rdev->wiphy.bands[NL80211_BAND_60GHZ])
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
wdev_lock(wdev);
err = rdev_start_ap(rdev, dev, ¶ms);
if (!err) {
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