| From | Kamal Mostafa <> | Subject | [PATCH 3.8 129/152] rt2x00: fix a crash bug in the HT descriptor handling fix | Date | Fri, 6 Dec 2013 15:10:53 -0800 |
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3.8.13.14 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
commit b4089d6d8e71a7293e2192025dfa507a04f661c4 upstream.
Commit "rt2x00: fix HT TX descriptor settings regression" assumes that the control parameter to rt2x00mac_tx is always non-NULL. There is an internal call in rt2x00lib_bc_buffer_iter where NULL is passed. Fix the resulting crash by adding an initialized dummy on-stack ieee80211_tx_control struct.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c index cdbfc30..a1789f5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static void rt2x00lib_autowakeup(struct work_struct *work) static void rt2x00lib_bc_buffer_iter(void *data, u8 *mac, struct ieee80211_vif *vif) { + struct ieee80211_tx_control control = {}; struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = data; struct sk_buff *skb; @@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ static void rt2x00lib_bc_buffer_iter(void *data, u8 *mac, */ skb = ieee80211_get_buffered_bc(rt2x00dev->hw, vif); while (skb) { - rt2x00mac_tx(rt2x00dev->hw, NULL, skb); + rt2x00mac_tx(rt2x00dev->hw, &control, skb); skb = ieee80211_get_buffered_bc(rt2x00dev->hw, vif); } } -- 1.8.3.2
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