cfg80211: fix potential BSS memory leak and update
authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:31:05 +0000 (10:31 +0100)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:55:32 +0000 (12:55 +0100)
In the odd case that while updating information from a beacon,
a BSS was found that is part of a hidden group, we drop the
new information. In this case, however, we leak the IE buffer
from the update, and erroneously update the entry's timestamp
so it will never time out. Fix both these issues.

Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
net/wireless/scan.c

index 674aadca007982257b14b3c68abbafc39ee01461..e93bd31d23bbf386974f727c89a096ababcb3250 100644 (file)
@@ -698,11 +698,6 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
        found = rb_find_bss(dev, tmp, BSS_CMP_REGULAR);
 
        if (found) {
-               found->pub.beacon_interval = tmp->pub.beacon_interval;
-               found->pub.signal = tmp->pub.signal;
-               found->pub.capability = tmp->pub.capability;
-               found->ts = tmp->ts;
-
                /* Update IEs */
                if (rcu_access_pointer(tmp->pub.proberesp_ies)) {
                        const struct cfg80211_bss_ies *old;
@@ -723,6 +718,8 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
 
                        if (found->pub.hidden_beacon_bss &&
                            !list_empty(&found->hidden_list)) {
+                               const struct cfg80211_bss_ies *f;
+
                                /*
                                 * The found BSS struct is one of the probe
                                 * response members of a group, but we're
@@ -732,6 +729,10 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
                                 * SSID to showing it, which is confusing so
                                 * drop this information.
                                 */
+
+                               f = rcu_access_pointer(tmp->pub.beacon_ies);
+                               kfree_rcu((struct cfg80211_bss_ies *)f,
+                                         rcu_head);
                                goto drop;
                        }
 
@@ -761,6 +762,11 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
                                kfree_rcu((struct cfg80211_bss_ies *)old,
                                          rcu_head);
                }
+
+               found->pub.beacon_interval = tmp->pub.beacon_interval;
+               found->pub.signal = tmp->pub.signal;
+               found->pub.capability = tmp->pub.capability;
+               found->ts = tmp->ts;
        } else {
                struct cfg80211_internal_bss *new;
                struct cfg80211_internal_bss *hidden;