[PATCH 3.8 129/152] rt2x00: fix a crash bug in the HT descriptor handling fix

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Fri Dec 06 2013 - 18:36:35 EST


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

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit b4089d6d8e71a7293e2192025dfa507a04f661c4 upstream.

Commit "rt2x00: fix HT TX descriptor settings regression"
assumes that the control parameter to rt2x00mac_tx is always non-NULL.
There is an internal call in rt2x00lib_bc_buffer_iter where NULL is
passed. Fix the resulting crash by adding an initialized dummy on-stack
ieee80211_tx_control struct.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index cdbfc30..a1789f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static void rt2x00lib_autowakeup(struct work_struct *work)
static void rt2x00lib_bc_buffer_iter(void *data, u8 *mac,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
{
+ struct ieee80211_tx_control control = {};
struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev = data;
struct sk_buff *skb;

@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ static void rt2x00lib_bc_buffer_iter(void *data, u8 *mac,
*/
skb = ieee80211_get_buffered_bc(rt2x00dev->hw, vif);
while (skb) {
- rt2x00mac_tx(rt2x00dev->hw, NULL, skb);
+ rt2x00mac_tx(rt2x00dev->hw, &control, skb);
skb = ieee80211_get_buffered_bc(rt2x00dev->hw, vif);
}
}
--
1.8.3.2

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