From: Arik Nemtsov Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 20:32:32 +0000 (+0300) Subject: mac80211: fix non RCU-safe sta_list manipulation X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~3680^2~2237^2~30^2~73 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=794454ce72a298de6f4536ade597bdcc7dcde7c7;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git mac80211: fix non RCU-safe sta_list manipulation sta_info_cleanup locks the sta_list using rcu_read_lock however the delete operation isn't rcu safe. A race between sta_info_cleanup timer being called and a STA being removed can occur which leads to a panic while traversing sta_list. Fix this by switching to the RCU-safe versions. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Eyal Shapira Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c index f5b1638fbf80..de455f8bbb91 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c +++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int sta_info_insert_finish(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU) /* make the station visible */ sta_info_hash_add(local, sta); - list_add(&sta->list, &local->sta_list); + list_add_rcu(&sta->list, &local->sta_list); set_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_INSERTED); @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ int __must_check __sta_info_destroy(struct sta_info *sta) if (ret) return ret; - list_del(&sta->list); + list_del_rcu(&sta->list); mutex_lock(&local->key_mtx); for (i = 0; i < NUM_DEFAULT_KEYS; i++)