[ 08/15] ath9k: fix double-free bug on beacon generate failure

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 1adb2e2b5f85023d17eb4f95386a57029df27c88 upstream.

When the next beacon is sent, the ath_buf from the previous run is reused.
If getting a new beacon from mac80211 fails, bf->bf_mpdu is not reset, yet
the skb is freed, leading to a double-free on the next beacon tx attempt,
resulting in a system crash.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_beacon_genera
 				 skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
+		bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* Get a new beacon from mac80211 */


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