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p54: fix oops on faulty devices

This patch fixes an oops when the devices suddenly starts
to receive martian data frames.

bug reference:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122872280317635&w=2

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Christian Lamparter 16 years ago
parent
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59651e8918
1 changed files with 16 additions and 3 deletions
  1. 16 3
      drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c

+ 16 - 3
drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c

@@ -540,6 +540,14 @@ static int p54_rx_data(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	size_t header_len = sizeof(*hdr);
 	u32 tsf32;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the device is in a unspecified state we have to
+	 * ignore all data frames. Else we could end up with a
+	 * nasty crash.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(priv->mode == NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!(hdr->flags & cpu_to_le16(P54_HDR_FLAG_DATA_IN_FCS_GOOD))) {
 		if (priv->filter_flags & FIF_FCSFAIL)
 			rx_status.flag |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC;
@@ -608,6 +616,12 @@ void p54_free_skb(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (unlikely(!skb || !dev || !skb_queue_len(&priv->tx_queue)))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * don't try to free an already unlinked skb
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((!skb->next) || (!skb->prev)))
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
 	info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	range = (void *)info->rate_driver_data;
@@ -1695,19 +1709,18 @@ static void p54_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *dev)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	mutex_lock(&priv->conf_mutex);
+	priv->mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
 	del_timer(&priv->stats_timer);
 	p54_free_skb(dev, priv->cached_stats);
 	priv->cached_stats = NULL;
 	if (priv->cached_beacon)
 		p54_tx_cancel(dev, priv->cached_beacon);
 
+	priv->stop(dev);
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&priv->tx_queue)))
 		kfree_skb(skb);
-
 	priv->cached_beacon = NULL;
-	priv->stop(dev);
 	priv->tsf_high32 = priv->tsf_low32 = 0;
-	priv->mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->conf_mutex);
 }