The patch below does not apply to the 3.10-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 79845c662eeb95c9a180b9bd0d3ad848ee65b94c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:33:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix scheduled scan pointer access
Since rdev->sched_scan_req is dereferenced outside the
lock protecting it, this might be done at the wrong
time, causing crashes. Move the dereference to where
it should be - inside the RTNL locked section.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [3.8+]
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index eeb71480f1af..d4397eba5408 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ void __cfg80211_sched_scan_results(struct work_struct *wk)
rdev = container_of(wk, struct cfg80211_registered_device,
sched_scan_results_wk);
- request = rdev->sched_scan_req;
-
rtnl_lock();
+ request = rdev->sched_scan_req;
+
/* we don't have sched_scan_req anymore if the scan is stopping */
if (request) {
if (request->flags & NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_FLUSH) {
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