From f9bef3df52fe61067e4c1c6cfb2037cb6b259a6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Greear Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:06:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] wireless: check for dangling wdev->current_bss pointer If it *is* still set when the netdev is being deleted, then we are about to leak a pointer. Warn and clean up in that case. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/wireless/core.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c index 4224e7554a76..672459b9483b 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.c +++ b/net/wireless/core.c @@ -934,6 +934,12 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb, * freed. */ cfg80211_process_wdev_events(wdev); + + if (WARN_ON(wdev->current_bss)) { + cfg80211_unhold_bss(wdev->current_bss); + cfg80211_put_bss(wdev->wiphy, &wdev->current_bss->pub); + wdev->current_bss = NULL; + } break; case NETDEV_PRE_UP: if (!(wdev->wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(wdev->iftype))) -- 2.11.0