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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2012-05-24 14:32:20 +0200
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>2012-06-10 14:41:43 +0100
commit2bb9966c233293c9959f4d77a3c994182604472e (patch)
tree6212a93f31fce6d315983ce951fd22ad0909c8fe /drivers/net
parentc293fd77c4775f517926a61605c35b5bd2bd71cf (diff)
ath9k: fix a use-after-free-bug when ath_tx_setup_buffer() fails
commit 81357a281dcc454841532c46b30e6f2ba12b73ea upstream. ath_tx_setup_buffer() can fail if there is no ath_buf left, or if mapping DMA failed. In this case it frees the skb passed to it. If ath_tx_setup_buffer is called from ath_tx_form_aggr, the skb is still linked into the tid buffer list and must be dequeued before being released. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 03b0a651a591..76fd2774d810 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ static void ath_tx_update_baw(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_atx_tid *tid,
static struct ath_buf *ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc,
struct ath_txq *txq,
struct ath_atx_tid *tid,
- struct sk_buff *skb);
+ struct sk_buff *skb,
+ bool dequeue);
enum {
MCS_HT20,
@@ -761,7 +762,7 @@ static enum ATH_AGGR_STATUS ath_tx_form_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc,
fi = get_frame_info(skb);
bf = fi->bf;
if (!fi->bf)
- bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txq, tid, skb);
+ bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txq, tid, skb, true);
if (!bf)
continue;
@@ -1669,7 +1670,7 @@ static void ath_tx_send_ampdu(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_atx_tid *tid,
return;
}
- bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txctl->txq, tid, skb);
+ bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txctl->txq, tid, skb, false);
if (!bf)
return;
@@ -1696,7 +1697,7 @@ static void ath_tx_send_normal(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
bf = fi->bf;
if (!bf)
- bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txq, tid, skb);
+ bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txq, tid, skb, false);
if (!bf)
return;
@@ -1761,7 +1762,8 @@ u8 ath_txchainmask_reduction(struct ath_softc *sc, u8 chainmask, u32 rate)
static struct ath_buf *ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc,
struct ath_txq *txq,
struct ath_atx_tid *tid,
- struct sk_buff *skb)
+ struct sk_buff *skb,
+ bool dequeue)
{
struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah);
struct ath_frame_info *fi = get_frame_info(skb);
@@ -1802,6 +1804,8 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ath_softc *sc,
return bf;
error:
+ if (dequeue)
+ __skb_unlink(skb, &tid->buf_q);
dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
return NULL;
}
@@ -1833,7 +1837,7 @@ static void ath_tx_start_dma(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
*/
ath_tx_send_ampdu(sc, tid, skb, txctl);
} else {
- bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txctl->txq, tid, skb);
+ bf = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, txctl->txq, tid, skb, false);
if (!bf)
goto out;