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mac80211: fix non RCU-safe sta_list manipulation

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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 <eyal@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Arik Nemtsov 2012-06-03 23:32:32 +03:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 69aaedd3cf
commit 794454ce72
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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net/mac80211/sta_info.c
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@ -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++)