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 c1fbb258846dfc425507a093922d2d001e54c3ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:58:13 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: free sme on connection failures cfg80211 is notified about connection failures by __cfg80211_connect_result() call. However, this function currently does not free cfg80211 sme. This results in hanging connection attempts in some cases e.g. when mac80211 authentication attempt is denied, we have this function call: ieee80211_rx_mgmt_auth() -> cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt() -> cfg80211_process_auth() -> cfg80211_sme_rx_auth() -> __cfg80211_connect_result() but cfg80211_sme_free() is never get called. Fixes: ceca7b712 ("cfg80211: separate internal SME implementation") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (3.10+) Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliadx.peller@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c index acdcb4a81817..3546a77033de 100644 --- a/net/wireless/sme.c +++ b/net/wireless/sme.c @@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ void cfg80211_conn_work(struct work_struct *work) NULL, 0, NULL, 0, WLAN_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE, false, NULL); - cfg80211_sme_free(wdev); } wdev_unlock(wdev); } @@ -648,6 +647,7 @@ void __cfg80211_connect_result(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid, cfg80211_unhold_bss(bss_from_pub(bss)); cfg80211_put_bss(wdev->wiphy, bss); } + cfg80211_sme_free(wdev); return; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html