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ath9k: fix double-free bug on beacon generate failure

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commit 1adb2e2b5f upstream.

When the next beacon is sent, the ath_buf from the previous run is reused.
If getting a new beacon from mac80211 fails, bf->bf_mpdu is not reset, yet
the skb is freed, leading to a double-free on the next beacon tx attempt,
resulting in a system crash.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Felix Fietkau 2013-01-09 16:16:53 +01:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent a2e1c3918e
commit bed37001b6
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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
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@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_beacon_generate(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
}
/* Get a new beacon from mac80211 */